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545 // Table Of Contents generator
546 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
548 /* Author: Mihai Bazon, September 2002
549 * http://students.infoiasi.ro/~mishoo
550 *
551 * Table Of Content generator
552 * Version: 0.4
553 *
554 * Feel free to use this script under the terms of the GNU General Public
555 * License, as long as you do not remove or alter this notice.
556 */
558 /* modified by Troy D. Hanson, September 2006. License: GPL */
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737 <h1>
738 git-diff(1) Manual Page
739 </h1>
742 <p>git-diff -
743 Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
744 </p>
745 </div>
746 </div>
752 <pre class="content"><em>git diff</em> [<options>] [<commit>] [--] [<path>…]
753 <em>git diff</em> [<options>] --cached [--merge-base] [<commit>] [--] [<path>…]
754 <em>git diff</em> [<options>] [--merge-base] <commit> [<commit>…] <commit> [--] [<path>…]
755 <em>git diff</em> [<options>] <commit>…<commit> [--] [<path>…]
759 </div></div>
760 </div>
761 </div>
765 <div class="paragraph"><p>Show changes between the working tree and the index or a tree, changes
766 between the index and a tree, changes between two trees, changes resulting
767 from a merge, changes between two blob objects, or changes between two
768 files on disk.</p></div>
772 </dt>
773 <dd>
774 <p>
775 This form is to view the changes you made relative to
776 the index (staging area for the next commit). In other
778 further add to the index but you still haven’t. You can
780 </p>
781 </dd>
784 </dt>
785 <dd>
786 <p>
787 This form is to compare the given two paths on the
789 running the command in a working tree controlled by Git and
790 at least one of the paths points outside the working tree,
791 or when running the command outside a working tree
793 </p>
794 </dd>
796 <em>git diff</em> [<options>] --cached [--merge-base] [<commit>] [--] [<path>…]
797 </dt>
798 <dd>
799 <p>
800 This form is to view the changes you staged for the next
802 would want comparison with the latest commit, so if you
804 If HEAD does not exist (e.g. unborn branches) and
806 --staged is a synonym of --cached.
807 </p>
808 <div class="paragraph"><p>If --merge-base is given, instead of using <commit>, use the merge base
811 </dd>
814 </dt>
815 <dd>
816 <p>
817 This form is to view the changes you have in your
819 use HEAD to compare it with the latest commit, or a
820 branch name to compare with the tip of a different
821 branch.
822 </p>
823 <div class="paragraph"><p>If --merge-base is given, instead of using <commit>, use the merge base
826 </dd>
828 <em>git diff</em> [<options>] [--merge-base] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>…]
829 </dt>
830 <dd>
831 <p>
832 This is to view the changes between two arbitrary
834 </p>
835 <div class="paragraph"><p>If --merge-base is given, use the merge base of the two commits for the
838 </dd>
840 <em>git diff</em> [<options>] <commit> <commit>… <commit> [--] [<path>…]
841 </dt>
842 <dd>
843 <p>
844 This form is to view the results of a merge commit. The first
846 more commits should be its parents. Convenient ways to produce
850 </p>
851 </dd>
854 </dt>
855 <dd>
856 <p>
859 one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as
860 using HEAD instead.
861 </p>
862 </dd>
865 </dt>
866 <dd>
867 <p>
868 This form is to view the changes on the branch containing
873 </p>
874 </dd>
875 </dl></div>
883 so far to resolve textual conflicts (see the examples below).</p></div>
893 </dt>
894 <dd>
895 <p>
896 This form is to view the differences between the raw
897 contents of two blob objects.
898 </p>
899 </dd>
900 </dl></div>
901 </div>
902 </div>
908 -p
909 </dt>
911 -u
912 </dt>
914 --patch
915 </dt>
916 <dd>
917 <p>
919 This is the default.
920 </p>
921 </dd>
923 -s
924 </dt>
926 --no-patch
927 </dt>
928 <dd>
929 <p>
930 Suppress all output from the diff machinery. Useful for
932 squelch their output, or to cancel the effect of options like
934 </p>
935 </dd>
938 </dt>
941 </dt>
942 <dd>
943 <p>
945 the usual three.
947 </p>
948 </dd>
951 </dt>
952 <dd>
953 <p>
954 Output to a specific file instead of stdout.
955 </p>
956 </dd>
959 </dt>
962 </dt>
965 </dt>
966 <dd>
967 <p>
968 Specify the character used to indicate new, old or context
970 ' ' respectively.
971 </p>
972 </dd>
974 --raw
975 </dt>
976 <dd>
977 <p>
978 Generate the diff in raw format.
979 </p>
980 </dd>
982 --patch-with-raw
983 </dt>
984 <dd>
985 <p>
987 </p>
988 </dd>
990 --indent-heuristic
991 </dt>
992 <dd>
993 <p>
994 Enable the heuristic that shifts diff hunk boundaries to make patches
995 easier to read. This is the default.
996 </p>
997 </dd>
999 --no-indent-heuristic
1000 </dt>
1001 <dd>
1002 <p>
1003 Disable the indent heuristic.
1004 </p>
1005 </dd>
1007 --minimal
1008 </dt>
1009 <dd>
1010 <p>
1011 Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible
1012 diff is produced.
1013 </p>
1014 </dd>
1016 --patience
1017 </dt>
1018 <dd>
1019 <p>
1020 Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm.
1021 </p>
1022 </dd>
1024 --histogram
1025 </dt>
1026 <dd>
1027 <p>
1028 Generate a diff using the "histogram diff" algorithm.
1029 </p>
1030 </dd>
1033 </dt>
1034 <dd>
1035 <p>
1036 Generate a diff using the "anchored diff" algorithm.
1037 </p>
1039 <div class="paragraph"><p>If a line exists in both the source and destination, exists only once,
1040 and starts with this text, this algorithm attempts to prevent it from
1041 appearing as a deletion or addition in the output. It uses the "patience
1043 </dd>
1045 --diff-algorithm={patience|minimal|histogram|myers}
1046 </dt>
1047 <dd>
1048 <p>
1049 Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
1050 </p>
1056 </dt>
1057 <dd>
1058 <p>
1059 The basic greedy diff algorithm. Currently, this is the default.
1060 </p>
1061 </dd>
1064 </dt>
1065 <dd>
1066 <p>
1067 Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible diff is
1068 produced.
1069 </p>
1070 </dd>
1073 </dt>
1074 <dd>
1075 <p>
1076 Use "patience diff" algorithm when generating patches.
1077 </p>
1078 </dd>
1081 </dt>
1082 <dd>
1083 <p>
1084 This algorithm extends the patience algorithm to "support
1085 low-occurrence common elements".
1086 </p>
1087 </dd>
1088 </dl></div>
1089 </div></div>
1090 <div class="paragraph"><p>For instance, if you configured the <code>diff.algorithm</code> variable to a
1091 non-default value and want to use the default one, then you
1093 </dd>
1096 </dt>
1097 <dd>
1098 <p>
1099 Generate a diffstat. By default, as much space as necessary
1100 will be used for the filename part, and the rest for the graph
1101 part. Maximum width defaults to terminal width, or 80 columns
1102 if not connected to a terminal, and can be overridden by
1113 </p>
1114 <div class="paragraph"><p>These parameters can also be set individually with <code>--stat-width=<width></code>,
1115 <code>--stat-name-width=<name-width></code> and <code>--stat-count=<count></code>.</p></div>
1116 </dd>
1118 --compact-summary
1119 </dt>
1120 <dd>
1121 <p>
1122 Output a condensed summary of extended header information such
1125 or removing executable bit respectively) in diffstat. The
1126 information is put between the filename part and the graph
1128 </p>
1129 </dd>
1131 --numstat
1132 </dt>
1133 <dd>
1134 <p>
1136 deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without
1137 abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. For
1140 </p>
1141 </dd>
1143 --shortstat
1144 </dt>
1145 <dd>
1146 <p>
1148 number of modified files, as well as number of added and deleted
1149 lines.
1150 </p>
1151 </dd>
1154 </dt>
1157 </dt>
1158 <dd>
1159 <p>
1160 Output the distribution of relative amount of changes for each
1162 passing it a comma separated list of parameters.
1165 The following parameters are available:
1166 </p>
1172 </dt>
1173 <dd>
1174 <p>
1175 Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the lines that have been
1176 removed from the source, or added to the destination. This ignores
1177 the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words,
1178 rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes.
1179 This is the default behavior when no parameter is given.
1180 </p>
1181 </dd>
1184 </dt>
1185 <dd>
1186 <p>
1187 Compute the dirstat numbers by doing the regular line-based diff
1188 analysis, and summing the removed/added line counts. (For binary
1189 files, count 64-byte chunks instead, since binary files have no
1192 lines within a file as much as other changes. The resulting output
1194 </p>
1195 </dd>
1198 </dt>
1199 <dd>
1200 <p>
1201 Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the number of files changed.
1202 Each changed file counts equally in the dirstat analysis. This is
1204 not have to look at the file contents at all.
1205 </p>
1206 </dd>
1209 </dt>
1210 <dd>
1211 <p>
1212 Count changes in a child directory for the parent directory as well.
1214 reported may exceed 100%. The default (non-cumulative) behavior can
1216 </p>
1217 </dd>
1220 </dt>
1221 <dd>
1222 <p>
1223 An integer parameter specifies a cut-off percent (3% by default).
1224 Directories contributing less than this percentage of the changes
1225 are not shown in the output.
1226 </p>
1227 </dd>
1228 </dl></div>
1229 </div></div>
1231 directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files,
1232 and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories:
1234 </dd>
1236 --cumulative
1237 </dt>
1238 <dd>
1239 <p>
1240 Synonym for --dirstat=cumulative
1241 </p>
1242 </dd>
1245 </dt>
1246 <dd>
1247 <p>
1248 Synonym for --dirstat=files,param1,param2…
1249 </p>
1250 </dd>
1252 --summary
1253 </dt>
1254 <dd>
1255 <p>
1256 Output a condensed summary of extended header information
1257 such as creations, renames and mode changes.
1258 </p>
1259 </dd>
1261 --patch-with-stat
1262 </dt>
1263 <dd>
1264 <p>
1266 </p>
1267 </dd>
1269 -z
1270 </dt>
1271 <dd>
1272 <p>
1273 When <code>--raw</code>, <code>--numstat</code>, <code>--name-only</code> or <code>--name-status</code> has been
1274 given, do not munge pathnames and use NULs as output field terminators.
1275 </p>
1276 <div class="paragraph"><p>Without this option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as
1279 </dd>
1281 --name-only
1282 </dt>
1283 <dd>
1284 <p>
1285 Show only names of changed files. The file names are often encoded in UTF-8.
1286 For more information see the discussion about encoding in the <a href="git-log.html">git-log(1)</a>
1287 manual page.
1288 </p>
1289 </dd>
1291 --name-status
1292 </dt>
1293 <dd>
1294 <p>
1295 Show only names and status of changed files. See the description
1298 </p>
1299 </dd>
1302 </dt>
1303 <dd>
1304 <p>
1305 Specify how differences in submodules are shown. When specifying
1307 shows the names of the commits at the beginning and end of the range.
1309 format is used. This format lists the commits in the range like
1310 <a href="git-submodule.html">git-submodule(1)</a> <code>summary</code> does. When <code>--submodule=diff</code>
1312 inline diff of the changes in the submodule contents between the
1314 if the config option is unset.
1315 </p>
1316 </dd>
1319 </dt>
1320 <dd>
1321 <p>
1322 Show colored diff.
1323 <code>--color</code> (i.e. without <em>=<when></em>) is the same as <code>--color=always</code>.
1324 <em><when></em> can be one of <code>always</code>, <code>never</code>, or <code>auto</code>.
1326 configuration settings.
1327 </p>
1328 </dd>
1330 --no-color
1331 </dt>
1332 <dd>
1333 <p>
1334 Turn off colored diff.
1335 This can be used to override configuration settings.
1337 </p>
1338 </dd>
1341 </dt>
1342 <dd>
1343 <p>
1344 Moved lines of code are colored differently.
1348 The mode must be one of:
1349 </p>
1354 no
1355 </dt>
1356 <dd>
1357 <p>
1358 Moved lines are not highlighted.
1359 </p>
1360 </dd>
1362 default
1363 </dt>
1364 <dd>
1365 <p>
1367 in the future.
1368 </p>
1369 </dd>
1371 plain
1372 </dt>
1373 <dd>
1374 <p>
1375 Any line that is added in one location and was removed
1378 that are added somewhere else in the diff. This mode picks up any
1379 moved line, but it is not very useful in a review to determine
1380 if a block of code was moved without permutation.
1381 </p>
1382 </dd>
1384 blocks
1385 </dt>
1386 <dd>
1387 <p>
1388 Blocks of moved text of at least 20 alphanumeric characters
1389 are detected greedily. The detected blocks are
1391 Adjacent blocks cannot be told apart.
1392 </p>
1393 </dd>
1395 zebra
1396 </dt>
1397 <dd>
1398 <p>
1402 the two colors indicates that a new block was detected.
1403 </p>
1404 </dd>
1406 dimmed-zebra
1407 </dt>
1408 <dd>
1409 <p>
1411 of moved code is performed. The bordering lines of two adjacent
1412 blocks are considered interesting, the rest is uninteresting.
1414 </p>
1415 </dd>
1416 </dl></div>
1417 </div></div>
1418 </dd>
1420 --no-color-moved
1421 </dt>
1422 <dd>
1423 <p>
1424 Turn off move detection. This can be used to override configuration
1426 </p>
1427 </dd>
1430 </dt>
1431 <dd>
1432 <p>
1433 This configures how whitespace is ignored when performing the
1436 These modes can be given as a comma separated list:
1437 </p>
1442 no
1443 </dt>
1444 <dd>
1445 <p>
1446 Do not ignore whitespace when performing move detection.
1447 </p>
1448 </dd>
1450 ignore-space-at-eol
1451 </dt>
1452 <dd>
1453 <p>
1454 Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL.
1455 </p>
1456 </dd>
1458 ignore-space-change
1459 </dt>
1460 <dd>
1461 <p>
1462 Ignore changes in amount of whitespace. This ignores whitespace
1463 at line end, and considers all other sequences of one or
1464 more whitespace characters to be equivalent.
1465 </p>
1466 </dd>
1468 ignore-all-space
1469 </dt>
1470 <dd>
1471 <p>
1472 Ignore whitespace when comparing lines. This ignores differences
1473 even if one line has whitespace where the other line has none.
1474 </p>
1475 </dd>
1477 allow-indentation-change
1478 </dt>
1479 <dd>
1480 <p>
1481 Initially ignore any whitespace in the move detection, then
1482 group the moved code blocks only into a block if the change in
1483 whitespace is the same per line. This is incompatible with the
1484 other modes.
1485 </p>
1486 </dd>
1487 </dl></div>
1488 </div></div>
1489 </dd>
1491 --no-color-moved-ws
1492 </dt>
1493 <dd>
1494 <p>
1495 Do not ignore whitespace when performing move detection. This can be
1496 used to override configuration settings. It is the same as
1498 </p>
1499 </dd>
1502 </dt>
1503 <dd>
1504 <p>
1506 By default, words are delimited by whitespace; see
1508 must be one of:
1509 </p>
1514 color
1515 </dt>
1516 <dd>
1517 <p>
1519 </p>
1520 </dd>
1522 plain
1523 </dt>
1524 <dd>
1525 <p>
1527 attempts to escape the delimiters if they appear in the input,
1528 so the output may be ambiguous.
1529 </p>
1530 </dd>
1532 porcelain
1533 </dt>
1534 <dd>
1535 <p>
1536 Use a special line-based format intended for script
1537 consumption. Added/removed/unchanged runs are printed in the
1539 character at the beginning of the line and extending to the
1540 end of the line. Newlines in the input are represented by a
1542 </p>
1543 </dd>
1545 none
1546 </dt>
1547 <dd>
1548 <p>
1549 Disable word diff again.
1550 </p>
1551 </dd>
1552 </dl></div>
1553 </div></div>
1555 highlight the changed parts in all modes if enabled.</p></div>
1556 </dd>
1559 </dt>
1560 <dd>
1561 <p>
1563 runs of non-whitespace to be a word. Also implies
1565 </p>
1568 considered whitespace and ignored(!) for the purposes of finding
1570 expression to make sure that it matches all non-whitespace characters.
1571 A match that contains a newline is silently truncated(!) at the
1572 newline.</p></div>
1573 <div class="paragraph"><p>For example, <code>--word-diff-regex=.</code> will treat each character as a word
1574 and, correspondingly, show differences character by character.</p></div>
1575 <div class="paragraph"><p>The regex can also be set via a diff driver or configuration option, see
1576 <a href="gitattributes.html">gitattributes(5)</a> or <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>. Giving it explicitly
1577 overrides any diff driver or configuration setting. Diff drivers
1578 override configuration settings.</p></div>
1579 </dd>
1582 </dt>
1583 <dd>
1584 <p>
1587 </p>
1588 </dd>
1590 --no-renames
1591 </dt>
1592 <dd>
1593 <p>
1594 Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration
1595 file gives the default to do so.
1596 </p>
1597 </dd>
1599 --[no-]rename-empty
1600 </dt>
1601 <dd>
1602 <p>
1603 Whether to use empty blobs as rename source.
1604 </p>
1605 </dd>
1607 --check
1608 </dt>
1609 <dd>
1610 <p>
1611 Warn if changes introduce conflict markers or whitespace errors.
1613 configuration. By default, trailing whitespaces (including
1614 lines that consist solely of whitespaces) and a space character
1615 that is immediately followed by a tab character inside the
1616 initial indent of the line are considered whitespace errors.
1617 Exits with non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible
1618 with --exit-code.
1619 </p>
1620 </dd>
1623 </dt>
1624 <dd>
1625 <p>
1627 lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma,
1630 this option is not given, and the configuration variable
1634 </p>
1635 </dd>
1637 --full-index
1638 </dt>
1639 <dd>
1640 <p>
1641 Instead of the first handful of characters, show the full
1642 pre- and post-image blob object names on the "index"
1643 line when generating patch format output.
1644 </p>
1645 </dd>
1647 --binary
1648 </dt>
1649 <dd>
1650 <p>
1654 </p>
1655 </dd>
1658 </dt>
1659 <dd>
1660 <p>
1661 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
1662 name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
1664 hexdigits long that uniquely refers the object.
1669 </p>
1670 </dd>
1673 </dt>
1676 </dt>
1677 <dd>
1678 <p>
1679 Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and
1680 create. This serves two purposes:
1681 </p>
1682 <div class="paragraph"><p>It affects the way a change that amounts to a total rewrite of a file
1683 not as a series of deletion and insertion mixed together with a very
1684 few lines that happen to match textually as the context, but as a
1685 single deletion of everything old followed by a single insertion of
1688 original should remain in the result for Git to consider it a total
1689 rewrite (i.e. otherwise the resulting patch will be a series of
1690 deletion and insertion mixed together with context lines).</p></div>
1691 <div class="paragraph"><p>When used with -M, a totally-rewritten file is also considered as the
1692 source of a rename (usually -M only considers a file that disappeared
1696 eligible for being picked up as a possible source of a rename to
1697 another file.</p></div>
1698 </dd>
1701 </dt>
1704 </dt>
1705 <dd>
1706 <p>
1707 Detect renames.
1709 index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the
1711 delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file
1717 </p>
1718 </dd>
1721 </dt>
1724 </dt>
1725 <dd>
1726 <p>
1729 </p>
1730 </dd>
1732 --find-copies-harder
1733 </dt>
1734 <dd>
1735 <p>
1737 if the original file of the copy was modified in the same
1738 changeset. This flag makes the command
1739 inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
1740 copy. This is a very expensive operation for large
1741 projects, so use it with caution. Giving more than one
1743 </p>
1744 </dd>
1746 -D
1747 </dt>
1749 --irreversible-delete
1750 </dt>
1751 <dd>
1752 <p>
1753 Omit the preimage for deletes, i.e. print only the header but not
1756 solely for people who want to just concentrate on reviewing the
1757 text after the change. In addition, the output obviously lacks
1758 enough information to apply such a patch in reverse, even manually,
1759 hence the name of the option.
1760 </p>
1761 <div class="paragraph"><p>When used together with <code>-B</code>, omit also the preimage in the deletion part
1762 of a delete/create pair.</p></div>
1763 </dd>
1766 </dt>
1767 <dd>
1768 <p>
1770 can detect subsets of renames/copies cheaply, followed by an
1771 exhaustive fallback portion that compares all remaining
1772 unpaired destinations to all relevant sources. (For renames,
1773 only remaining unpaired sources are relevant; for copies, all
1774 original sources are relevant.) For N sources and
1775 destinations, this exhaustive check is O(N^2). This option
1776 prevents the exhaustive portion of rename/copy detection from
1777 running if the number of source/destination files involved
1778 exceeds the specified number. Defaults to diff.renameLimit.
1779 Note that a value of 0 is treated as unlimited.
1780 </p>
1781 </dd>
1783 --diff-filter=[(A|C|D|M|R|T|U|X|B)…[*]]
1784 </dt>
1785 <dd>
1786 <p>
1792 Any combination of the filter characters (including none) can be used.
1794 paths are selected if there is any file that matches
1795 other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file
1796 that matches other criteria, nothing is selected.
1797 </p>
1800 <div class="paragraph"><p>Note that not all diffs can feature all types. For instance, copied and
1801 renamed entries cannot appear if detection for those types is disabled.</p></div>
1802 </dd>
1805 </dt>
1806 <dd>
1807 <p>
1808 Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of
1809 the specified string (i.e. addition/deletion) in a file.
1810 Intended for the scripter’s use.
1811 </p>
1812 <div class="paragraph"><p>It is useful when you’re looking for an exact block of code (like a
1813 struct), and want to know the history of that block since it first
1814 came into being: use the feature iteratively to feed the interesting
1816 very first version of the block.</p></div>
1818 </dd>
1821 </dt>
1822 <dd>
1823 <p>
1824 Look for differences whose patch text contains added/removed
1826 </p>
1827 <div class="paragraph"><p>To illustrate the difference between <code>-S<regex> --pickaxe-regex</code> and
1829 file:</p></div>
1833 ...
1835 </div></div>
1836 <div class="paragraph"><p>While <code>git log -G"frotz\(nitfol"</code> will show this commit, <code>git log
1838 occurrences of that string did not change).</p></div>
1839 <div class="paragraph"><p>Unless <code>--text</code> is supplied patches of binary files without a textconv
1840 filter will be ignored.</p></div>
1841 <div class="paragraph"><p>See the <em>pickaxe</em> entry in <a href="gitdiffcore.html">gitdiffcore(7)</a> for more
1842 information.</p></div>
1843 </dd>
1846 </dt>
1847 <dd>
1848 <p>
1849 Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of
1851 in that it doesn’t search for a specific string but for a specific
1852 object id.
1853 </p>
1854 <div class="paragraph"><p>The object can be a blob or a submodule commit. It implies the <code>-t</code> option in
1856 </dd>
1858 --pickaxe-all
1859 </dt>
1860 <dd>
1861 <p>
1863 changeset, not just the files that contain the change
1865 </p>
1866 </dd>
1868 --pickaxe-regex
1869 </dt>
1870 <dd>
1871 <p>
1873 expression to match.
1874 </p>
1875 </dd>
1878 </dt>
1879 <dd>
1880 <p>
1881 Control the order in which files appear in the output.
1885 </p>
1888 All files with pathnames that match the first pattern are output
1889 first, all files with pathnames that match the second pattern (but not
1890 the first) are output next, and so on.
1891 All files with pathnames that do not match any pattern are output
1892 last, as if there was an implicit match-all pattern at the end of the
1893 file.
1894 If multiple pathnames have the same rank (they match the same pattern
1895 but no earlier patterns), their output order relative to each other is
1896 the normal order.</p></div>
1901 <li>
1902 <p>
1903 Blank lines are ignored, so they can be used as separators for
1904 readability.
1905 </p>
1906 </li>
1907 <li>
1908 <p>
1909 Lines starting with a hash ("<code>#</code>") are ignored, so they can be used
1910 for comments. Add a backslash ("<code>\</code>") to the beginning of the
1911 pattern if it starts with a hash.
1912 </p>
1913 </li>
1914 <li>
1915 <p>
1916 Each other line contains a single pattern.
1917 </p>
1918 </li>
1919 </ul></div>
1920 </div></div>
1922 fnmatch(3) without the FNM_PATHNAME flag, except a pathname also
1923 matches a pattern if removing any number of the final pathname
1924 components matches the pattern. For example, the pattern "<code>foo*bar</code>"
1925 matches "<code>fooasdfbar</code>" and "<code>foo/bar/baz/asdf</code>" but not "<code>foobarx</code>".</p></div>
1926 </dd>
1929 </dt>
1932 </dt>
1933 <dd>
1934 <p>
1939 otherwise.
1940 </p>
1941 </dd>
1943 -R
1944 </dt>
1945 <dd>
1946 <p>
1947 Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
1948 on-disk file to tree contents.
1949 </p>
1950 </dd>
1953 </dt>
1955 --no-relative
1956 </dt>
1957 <dd>
1958 <p>
1959 When run from a subdirectory of the project, it can be
1960 told to exclude changes outside the directory and show
1961 pathnames relative to it with this option. When you are
1962 not in a subdirectory (e.g. in a bare repository), you
1963 can name which subdirectory to make the output relative
1967 </p>
1968 </dd>
1970 -a
1971 </dt>
1973 --text
1974 </dt>
1975 <dd>
1976 <p>
1977 Treat all files as text.
1978 </p>
1979 </dd>
1981 --ignore-cr-at-eol
1982 </dt>
1983 <dd>
1984 <p>
1985 Ignore carriage-return at the end of line when doing a comparison.
1986 </p>
1987 </dd>
1989 --ignore-space-at-eol
1990 </dt>
1991 <dd>
1992 <p>
1993 Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL.
1994 </p>
1995 </dd>
1997 -b
1998 </dt>
2000 --ignore-space-change
2001 </dt>
2002 <dd>
2003 <p>
2004 Ignore changes in amount of whitespace. This ignores whitespace
2005 at line end, and considers all other sequences of one or
2006 more whitespace characters to be equivalent.
2007 </p>
2008 </dd>
2010 -w
2011 </dt>
2013 --ignore-all-space
2014 </dt>
2015 <dd>
2016 <p>
2017 Ignore whitespace when comparing lines. This ignores
2018 differences even if one line has whitespace where the other
2019 line has none.
2020 </p>
2021 </dd>
2023 --ignore-blank-lines
2024 </dt>
2025 <dd>
2026 <p>
2027 Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
2028 </p>
2029 </dd>
2032 </dt>
2035 </dt>
2036 <dd>
2037 <p>
2039 be specified more than once.
2040 </p>
2041 </dd>
2044 </dt>
2045 <dd>
2046 <p>
2047 Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
2048 of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other.
2050 is unset.
2051 </p>
2052 </dd>
2054 -W
2055 </dt>
2057 --function-context
2058 </dt>
2059 <dd>
2060 <p>
2061 Show whole function as context lines for each change.
2062 The function names are determined in the same way as
2065 </p>
2066 </dd>
2068 --exit-code
2069 </dt>
2070 <dd>
2071 <p>
2072 Make the program exit with codes similar to diff(1).
2073 That is, it exits with 1 if there were differences and
2074 0 means no differences.
2075 </p>
2076 </dd>
2078 --quiet
2079 </dt>
2080 <dd>
2081 <p>
2083 </p>
2084 </dd>
2086 --ext-diff
2087 </dt>
2088 <dd>
2089 <p>
2090 Allow an external diff helper to be executed. If you set an
2093 </p>
2094 </dd>
2096 --no-ext-diff
2097 </dt>
2098 <dd>
2099 <p>
2100 Disallow external diff drivers.
2101 </p>
2102 </dd>
2104 --textconv
2105 </dt>
2107 --no-textconv
2108 </dt>
2109 <dd>
2110 <p>
2111 Allow (or disallow) external text conversion filters to be run
2113 details. Because textconv filters are typically a one-way
2114 conversion, the resulting diff is suitable for human
2115 consumption, but cannot be applied. For this reason, textconv
2117 <a href="git-log.html">git-log(1)</a>, but not for <a href="git-format-patch.html">git-format-patch(1)</a> or
2118 diff plumbing commands.
2119 </p>
2120 </dd>
2123 </dt>
2124 <dd>
2125 <p>
2128 Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
2129 untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
2130 in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
2131 <em>ignore</em> option in <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a> or <a href="gitmodules.html">gitmodules(5)</a>. When
2132 "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
2133 contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
2134 content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
2135 only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
2137 </p>
2138 </dd>
2141 </dt>
2142 <dd>
2143 <p>
2144 Show the given source prefix instead of "a/".
2145 </p>
2146 </dd>
2149 </dt>
2150 <dd>
2151 <p>
2152 Show the given destination prefix instead of "b/".
2153 </p>
2154 </dd>
2156 --no-prefix
2157 </dt>
2158 <dd>
2159 <p>
2160 Do not show any source or destination prefix.
2161 </p>
2162 </dd>
2164 --default-prefix
2165 </dt>
2166 <dd>
2167 <p>
2169 This is usually the default already, but may be used to override
2171 </p>
2172 </dd>
2175 </dt>
2176 <dd>
2177 <p>
2178 Prepend an additional prefix to every line of output.
2179 </p>
2180 </dd>
2182 --ita-invisible-in-index
2183 </dt>
2184 <dd>
2185 <p>
2186 By default entries added by "git add -N" appear as an existing
2188 This option makes the entry appear as a new file in "git diff"
2189 and non-existent in "git diff --cached". This option could be
2191 experimental and could be removed in future.
2192 </p>
2193 </dd>
2194 </dl></div>
2199 -1 --base
2200 </dt>
2202 -2 --ours
2203 </dt>
2205 -3 --theirs
2206 </dt>
2207 <dd>
2208 <p>
2211 index contains these stages only for unmerged entries i.e.
2213 section "3-Way Merge" for detailed information.
2214 </p>
2215 </dd>
2217 -0
2218 </dt>
2219 <dd>
2220 <p>
2221 Omit diff output for unmerged entries and just show
2222 "Unmerged". Can be used only when comparing the working tree
2223 with the index.
2224 </p>
2225 </dd>
2228 </dt>
2229 <dd>
2230 <p>
2232 the diff to the named paths (you can give directory
2233 names and get diff for all files under them).
2234 </p>
2235 </dd>
2236 </dl></div>
2237 </div>
2238 </div>
2245 compared differs:</p></div>
2249 </dt>
2250 <dd>
2251 <p>
2253 </p>
2254 </dd>
2257 </dt>
2258 <dd>
2259 <p>
2261 </p>
2262 </dd>
2265 </dt>
2266 <dd>
2267 <p>
2268 compares the trees named by the two arguments.
2269 </p>
2270 </dd>
2273 </dt>
2274 <dd>
2275 <p>
2276 compares the index and the files on the filesystem.
2277 </p>
2278 </dd>
2279 </dl></div>
2280 <div class="paragraph"><p>The "git-diff-tree" command begins its output by printing the hash of
2281 what is being compared. After that, all the commands print one output
2282 line per changed file.</p></div>
2289 create :000000 100644 0000000 1234567 A file4
2290 delete :100644 000000 1234567 0000000 D file5
2292 </div></div>
2295 <li>
2296 <p>
2297 a colon.
2298 </p>
2299 </li>
2300 <li>
2301 <p>
2303 </p>
2304 </li>
2305 <li>
2306 <p>
2307 a space.
2308 </p>
2309 </li>
2310 <li>
2311 <p>
2313 </p>
2314 </li>
2315 <li>
2316 <p>
2317 a space.
2318 </p>
2319 </li>
2320 <li>
2321 <p>
2323 </p>
2324 </li>
2325 <li>
2326 <p>
2327 a space.
2328 </p>
2329 </li>
2330 <li>
2331 <p>
2333 </p>
2334 </li>
2335 <li>
2336 <p>
2337 a space.
2338 </p>
2339 </li>
2340 <li>
2341 <p>
2342 status, followed by optional "score" number.
2343 </p>
2344 </li>
2345 <li>
2346 <p>
2348 </p>
2349 </li>
2350 <li>
2351 <p>
2352 path for "src"
2353 </p>
2354 </li>
2355 <li>
2356 <p>
2358 </p>
2359 </li>
2360 <li>
2361 <p>
2362 path for "dst"; only exists for C or R.
2363 </p>
2364 </li>
2365 <li>
2366 <p>
2368 </p>
2369 </li>
2370 </ol></div>
2373 <li>
2374 <p>
2375 A: addition of a file
2376 </p>
2377 </li>
2378 <li>
2379 <p>
2380 C: copy of a file into a new one
2381 </p>
2382 </li>
2383 <li>
2384 <p>
2385 D: deletion of a file
2386 </p>
2387 </li>
2388 <li>
2389 <p>
2390 M: modification of the contents or mode of a file
2391 </p>
2392 </li>
2393 <li>
2394 <p>
2395 R: renaming of a file
2396 </p>
2397 </li>
2398 <li>
2399 <p>
2400 T: change in the type of the file (regular file, symbolic link or submodule)
2401 </p>
2402 </li>
2403 <li>
2404 <p>
2405 U: file is unmerged (you must complete the merge before it can
2406 be committed)
2407 </p>
2408 </li>
2409 <li>
2410 <p>
2411 X: "unknown" change type (most probably a bug, please report it)
2412 </p>
2413 </li>
2414 </ul></div>
2416 percentage of similarity between the source and target of the move or
2417 copy). Status letter M may be followed by a score (denoting the
2418 percentage of dissimilarity) for file rewrites.</p></div>
2419 <div class="paragraph"><p>The sha1 for "dst" is shown as all 0’s if a file on the filesystem
2420 is out of sync with the index.</p></div>
2425 </div></div>
2426 <div class="paragraph"><p>Without the <code>-z</code> option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
2428 (see <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>). Using <code>-z</code> the filename is output
2429 verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte.</p></div>
2430 </div>
2431 </div>
2437 to generate diff output also for merge commits. The output differs
2438 from the format described above in the following way:</p></div>
2440 <li>
2441 <p>
2442 there is a colon for each parent
2443 </p>
2444 </li>
2445 <li>
2446 <p>
2448 </p>
2449 </li>
2450 <li>
2451 <p>
2452 status is concatenated status characters for each parent
2453 </p>
2454 </li>
2455 <li>
2456 <p>
2457 no optional "score" number
2458 </p>
2459 </li>
2460 <li>
2461 <p>
2462 tab-separated pathname(s) of the file
2463 </p>
2464 </li>
2465 </ol></div>
2466 <div class="paragraph"><p>For <code>-c</code> and <code>--cc</code>, only the destination or final path is shown even
2467 if the file was renamed on any side of history. With
2469 followed by the name of the path in the merge commit.</p></div>
2470 <div class="paragraph"><p>Examples for <code>-c</code> and <code>--cc</code> without <code>--combined-all-paths</code>:</p></div>
2476 </div></div>
2477 <div class="paragraph"><p>Examples when <code>--combined-all-paths</code> added to either <code>-c</code> or <code>--cc</code>:</p></div>
2483 </div></div>
2484 <div class="paragraph"><p>Note that <em>combined diff</em> lists only files which were modified from
2485 all parents.</p></div>
2486 </div>
2487 </div>
2499 You can customize the creation of patch text via the
2501 (see <a href="git.html">git(1)</a>), and the <code>diff</code> attribute (see <a href="gitattributes.html">gitattributes(5)</a>).</p></div>
2502 <div class="paragraph"><p>What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional
2503 diff format:</p></div>
2505 <li>
2506 <p>
2507 It is preceded by a "git diff" header that looks like this:
2508 </p>
2512 </div></div>
2513 <div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>a/</code> and <code>b/</code> filenames are the same unless rename/copy is
2514 involved. Especially, even for a creation or a deletion,
2515 <code>/dev/null</code> is <em>not</em> used in place of the <code>a/</code> or <code>b/</code> filenames.</p></div>
2516 <div class="paragraph"><p>When a rename/copy is involved, <code>file1</code> and <code>file2</code> show the
2517 name of the source file of the rename/copy and the name of
2518 the file that the rename/copy produces, respectively.</p></div>
2519 </li>
2520 <li>
2521 <p>
2522 It is followed by one or more extended header lines:
2523 </p>
2537 </div></div>
2538 <div class="paragraph"><p>File modes are printed as 6-digit octal numbers including the file type
2539 and file permission bits.</p></div>
2540 <div class="paragraph"><p>Path names in extended headers do not include the <code>a/</code> and <code>b/</code> prefixes.</p></div>
2542 the dissimilarity index is the percentage of changed lines. It
2543 is a rounded down integer, followed by a percent sign. The
2544 similarity index value of 100% is thus reserved for two equal
2545 files, while 100% dissimilarity means that no line from the old
2546 file made it into the new one.</p></div>
2547 <div class="paragraph"><p>The index line includes the blob object names before and after the change.
2549 separate lines indicate the old and the new mode.</p></div>
2550 </li>
2551 <li>
2552 <p>
2553 Pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as explained for
2556 </p>
2557 </li>
2558 <li>
2559 <p>
2562 It is incorrect to apply each change to each file sequentially. For
2563 example, this patch will swap a and b:
2564 </p>
2567 <pre><code>diff --git a/a b/b
2568 rename from a
2569 rename to b
2570 diff --git a/b b/a
2571 rename from b
2572 rename to a</code></pre>
2573 </div></div>
2574 </li>
2575 <li>
2576 <p>
2577 Hunk headers mention the name of the function to which the hunk
2578 applies. See "Defining a custom hunk-header" in
2580 specific languages.
2581 </p>
2582 </li>
2583 </ol></div>
2584 </div>
2585 </div>
2589 <div class="paragraph"><p>Any diff-generating command can take the <code>-c</code> or <code>--cc</code> option to
2594 diffs in a specific format.</p></div>
2598 <pre><code>diff --combined describe.c
2599 index fabadb8,cc95eb0..4866510
2600 --- a/describe.c
2601 +++ b/describe.c
2604 }
2606 - static void describe(char *arg)
2607 -static void describe(struct commit *cmit, int last_one)
2608 ++static void describe(char *arg, int last_one)
2609 {
2610 + unsigned char sha1[20];
2611 + struct commit *cmit;
2612 struct commit_list *list;
2613 static int initialized = 0;
2614 struct commit_name *n;
2617 + usage(describe_usage);
2618 + cmit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
2619 + if (!cmit)
2620 + usage(describe_usage);
2621 +
2622 if (!initialized) {
2623 initialized = 1;
2624 for_each_ref(get_name);</code></pre>
2625 </div></div>
2627 <li>
2628 <p>
2629 It is preceded by a "git diff" header, that looks like
2631 </p>
2635 </div></div>
2640 </div></div>
2641 </li>
2642 <li>
2643 <p>
2644 It is followed by one or more extended header lines
2645 (this example shows a merge with two parents):
2646 </p>
2653 </div></div>
2654 <div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>mode <mode>,<mode>..<mode></code> line appears only if at least one of
2656 information about detected content movement (renames and
2657 copying detection) are designed to work with the diff of two
2659 </li>
2660 <li>
2661 <p>
2662 It is followed by a two-line from-file/to-file header:
2663 </p>
2666 <pre><code>--- a/file
2667 +++ b/file</code></pre>
2668 </div></div>
2669 <div class="paragraph"><p>Similar to the two-line header for the traditional <em>unified</em> diff
2671 files.</p></div>
2672 <div class="paragraph"><p>However, if the --combined-all-paths option is provided, instead of a
2673 two-line from-file/to-file, you get an N+1 line from-file/to-file header,
2674 where N is the number of parents in the merge commit:</p></div>
2677 <pre><code>--- a/file
2678 --- a/file
2679 --- a/file
2680 +++ b/file</code></pre>
2681 </div></div>
2683 active, to allow you to see the original name of the file in different
2684 parents.</p></div>
2685 </li>
2686 <li>
2687 <p>
2688 Chunk header format is modified to prevent people from
2690 was created for review of merge commit changes, and was not
2691 meant to be applied. The change is similar to the change in the
2693 </p>
2696 <pre><code>@@@ <from-file-range> <from-file-range> <to-file-range> @@@</code></pre>
2697 </div></div>
2698 <div class="paragraph"><p>There are (number of parents + 1) <code>@</code> characters in the chunk
2699 header for combined diff format.</p></div>
2700 </li>
2701 </ol></div>
2703 files A and B with a single column that has <code>-</code> (minus — appears in A but removed in B), <code>+</code> (plus — missing in A but
2705 compares two or more files file1, file2,… with one file X, and
2706 shows how X differs from each of fileN. One column for each of
2707 fileN is prepended to the output line to note how X’s line is
2708 different from it.</p></div>
2709 <div class="paragraph"><p>A <code>-</code> character in the column N means that the line appears in
2711 in the column N means that the line appears in the result,
2712 and fileN does not have that line (in other words, the line was
2713 added, from the point of view of that parent).</p></div>
2717 in either file1 or file2). Also, eight other lines are the same
2719 <div class="paragraph"><p>When shown by <code>git diff-tree -c</code>, it compares the parents of a
2720 merge commit with the merge result (i.e. file1..fileN are the
2722 two unresolved merge parents with the working tree file
2725 </div>
2726 </div>
2730 <div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>--summary</code> option describes newly added, deleted, renamed and
2732 output. These options can be combined with other options, such as
2734 <div class="paragraph"><p>When showing a change that involves a rename or a copy, <code>--stat</code> output
2735 formats the pathnames compactly by combining common prefix and suffix of
2741 </div></div>
2742 <div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>--numstat</code> option gives the diffstat(1) information but is designed
2744 like this:</p></div>
2749 </div></div>
2752 <li>
2753 <p>
2754 the number of added lines;
2755 </p>
2756 </li>
2757 <li>
2758 <p>
2759 a tab;
2760 </p>
2761 </li>
2762 <li>
2763 <p>
2764 the number of deleted lines;
2765 </p>
2766 </li>
2767 <li>
2768 <p>
2769 a tab;
2770 </p>
2771 </li>
2772 <li>
2773 <p>
2774 pathname (possibly with rename/copy information);
2775 </p>
2776 </li>
2777 <li>
2778 <p>
2779 a newline.
2780 </p>
2781 </li>
2782 </ol></div>
2783 <div class="paragraph"><p>When <code>-z</code> output option is in effect, the output is formatted this way:</p></div>
2788 </div></div>
2791 <li>
2792 <p>
2793 the number of added lines;
2794 </p>
2795 </li>
2796 <li>
2797 <p>
2798 a tab;
2799 </p>
2800 </li>
2801 <li>
2802 <p>
2803 the number of deleted lines;
2804 </p>
2805 </li>
2806 <li>
2807 <p>
2808 a tab;
2809 </p>
2810 </li>
2811 <li>
2812 <p>
2813 a NUL (only exists if renamed/copied);
2814 </p>
2815 </li>
2816 <li>
2817 <p>
2818 pathname in preimage;
2819 </p>
2820 </li>
2821 <li>
2822 <p>
2823 a NUL (only exists if renamed/copied);
2824 </p>
2825 </li>
2826 <li>
2827 <p>
2828 pathname in postimage (only exists if renamed/copied);
2829 </p>
2830 </li>
2831 <li>
2832 <p>
2833 a NUL.
2834 </p>
2835 </li>
2836 </ol></div>
2837 <div class="paragraph"><p>The extra <code>NUL</code> before the preimage path in renamed case is to allow
2838 scripts that read the output to tell if the current record being read is
2839 a single-path record or a rename/copy record without reading ahead.
2842 </div>
2843 </div>
2849 Various ways to check your working tree
2850 </dt>
2851 <dd>
2858 </div></div>
2860 <li>
2861 <p>
2862 Changes in the working tree not yet staged for the next commit.
2863 </p>
2864 </li>
2865 <li>
2866 <p>
2867 Changes between the index and your last commit; what you
2869 </p>
2870 </li>
2871 <li>
2872 <p>
2873 Changes in the working tree since your last commit; what you
2875 </p>
2876 </li>
2877 <li>
2878 <p>
2879 Changes in the working tree you’ve made to resolve textual
2880 conflicts so far.
2881 </p>
2882 </li>
2883 </ol></div>
2884 </dd>
2886 Comparing with arbitrary commits
2887 </dt>
2888 <dd>
2894 </div></div>
2896 <li>
2897 <p>
2898 Instead of using the tip of the current branch, compare with the
2899 tip of "test" branch.
2900 </p>
2901 </li>
2902 <li>
2903 <p>
2904 Instead of comparing with the tip of "test" branch, compare with
2905 the tip of the current branch, but limit the comparison to the
2906 file "test".
2907 </p>
2908 </li>
2909 <li>
2910 <p>
2911 Compare the version before the last commit and the last commit.
2912 </p>
2913 </li>
2914 </ol></div>
2915 </dd>
2917 Comparing branches
2918 </dt>
2919 <dd>
2925 </div></div>
2927 <li>
2928 <p>
2929 Changes between the tips of the topic and the master branches.
2930 </p>
2931 </li>
2932 <li>
2933 <p>
2934 Same as above.
2935 </p>
2936 </li>
2937 <li>
2938 <p>
2939 Changes that occurred on the master branch since when the topic
2940 branch was started off it.
2941 </p>
2942 </li>
2943 </ol></div>
2944 </dd>
2946 Limiting the diff output
2947 </dt>
2948 <dd>
2954 </div></div>
2956 <li>
2957 <p>
2958 Show only modification, rename, and copy, but not addition
2959 or deletion.
2960 </p>
2961 </li>
2962 <li>
2963 <p>
2964 Show only names and the nature of change, but not actual
2965 diff output.
2966 </p>
2967 </li>
2968 <li>
2969 <p>
2970 Limit diff output to named subtrees.
2971 </p>
2972 </li>
2973 </ol></div>
2974 </dd>
2976 Munging the diff output
2977 </dt>
2978 <dd>
2983 </div></div>
2985 <li>
2986 <p>
2987 Spend extra cycles to find renames, copies and complete
2988 rewrites (very expensive).
2989 </p>
2990 </li>
2991 <li>
2992 <p>
2993 Output diff in reverse.
2994 </p>
2995 </li>
2996 </ol></div>
2997 </dd>
2998 </dl></div>
2999 </div>
3000 </div>
3009 diff.autoRefreshIndex
3010 </dt>
3011 <dd>
3012 <p>
3014 files, do not consider stat-only changes as changed.
3016 update the cached stat information for paths whose
3017 contents in the work tree match the contents in the
3018 index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
3021 </p>
3022 </dd>
3024 diff.dirstat
3025 </dt>
3026 <dd>
3027 <p>
3029 default behavior of the <code>--dirstat</code> option to <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a>
3030 and friends. The defaults can be overridden on the command line
3033 The following parameters are available:
3034 </p>
3040 </dt>
3041 <dd>
3042 <p>
3043 Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the lines that have been
3044 removed from the source, or added to the destination. This ignores
3045 the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words,
3046 rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes.
3047 This is the default behavior when no parameter is given.
3048 </p>
3049 </dd>
3052 </dt>
3053 <dd>
3054 <p>
3055 Compute the dirstat numbers by doing the regular line-based diff
3056 analysis, and summing the removed/added line counts. (For binary
3057 files, count 64-byte chunks instead, since binary files have no
3060 lines within a file as much as other changes. The resulting output
3062 </p>
3063 </dd>
3066 </dt>
3067 <dd>
3068 <p>
3069 Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the number of files changed.
3070 Each changed file counts equally in the dirstat analysis. This is
3072 not have to look at the file contents at all.
3073 </p>
3074 </dd>
3077 </dt>
3078 <dd>
3079 <p>
3080 Count changes in a child directory for the parent directory as well.
3082 reported may exceed 100%. The default (non-cumulative) behavior can
3084 </p>
3085 </dd>
3088 </dt>
3089 <dd>
3090 <p>
3091 An integer parameter specifies a cut-off percent (3% by default).
3092 Directories contributing less than this percentage of the changes
3093 are not shown in the output.
3094 </p>
3095 </dd>
3096 </dl></div>
3097 </div></div>
3099 directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files,
3100 and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories:
3102 </dd>
3104 diff.statNameWidth
3105 </dt>
3106 <dd>
3107 <p>
3108 Limit the width of the filename part in --stat output. If set, applies
3109 to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch.
3110 </p>
3111 </dd>
3113 diff.statGraphWidth
3114 </dt>
3115 <dd>
3116 <p>
3117 Limit the width of the graph part in --stat output. If set, applies
3118 to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch.
3119 </p>
3120 </dd>
3122 diff.context
3123 </dt>
3124 <dd>
3125 <p>
3127 of 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
3128 </p>
3129 </dd>
3131 diff.interHunkContext
3132 </dt>
3133 <dd>
3134 <p>
3135 Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
3136 of lines, thereby fusing the hunks that are close to each other.
3138 command line option.
3139 </p>
3140 </dd>
3142 diff.external
3143 </dt>
3144 <dd>
3145 <p>
3146 If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
3147 performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
3149 environment variable. The command is called with parameters
3151 you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
3153 </p>
3154 </dd>
3156 diff.ignoreSubmodules
3157 </dt>
3158 <dd>
3159 <p>
3160 Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
3164 this setting when reporting uncommitted changes. Setting it to
3167 overridden by using the --ignore-submodules command-line option.
3169 By default this is set to untracked so that any untracked
3170 submodules are ignored.
3171 </p>
3172 </dd>
3174 diff.mnemonicPrefix
3175 </dt>
3176 <dd>
3177 <p>
3180 this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
3181 the order of the prefixes:
3182 </p>
3186 </dt>
3187 <dd>
3188 <p>
3189 compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
3190 </p>
3191 </dd>
3194 </dt>
3195 <dd>
3196 <p>
3197 compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
3198 </p>
3199 </dd>
3202 </dt>
3203 <dd>
3204 <p>
3205 compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
3206 </p>
3207 </dd>
3210 </dt>
3211 <dd>
3212 <p>
3213 compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
3214 </p>
3215 </dd>
3218 </dt>
3219 <dd>
3220 <p>
3222 </p>
3223 </dd>
3224 </dl></div>
3225 </dd>
3227 diff.noprefix
3228 </dt>
3229 <dd>
3230 <p>
3232 </p>
3233 </dd>
3235 diff.relative
3236 </dt>
3237 <dd>
3238 <p>
3240 and show pathnames relative to the current directory.
3241 </p>
3242 </dd>
3244 diff.orderFile
3245 </dt>
3246 <dd>
3247 <p>
3248 File indicating how to order files within a diff.
3251 relative to the top of the working tree.
3252 </p>
3253 </dd>
3255 diff.renameLimit
3256 </dt>
3257 <dd>
3258 <p>
3259 The number of files to consider in the exhaustive portion of
3262 setting has no effect if rename detection is turned off.
3263 </p>
3264 </dd>
3266 diff.renames
3267 </dt>
3268 <dd>
3269 <p>
3270 Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false",
3271 rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename
3273 detect copies, as well. Defaults to true. Note that this
3277 </p>
3278 </dd>
3280 diff.suppressBlankEmpty
3281 </dt>
3282 <dd>
3283 <p>
3284 A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
3285 before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
3286 </p>
3287 </dd>
3289 diff.submodule
3290 </dt>
3291 <dd>
3292 <p>
3293 Specify the format in which differences in submodules are
3294 shown. The "short" format just shows the names of the commits
3295 at the beginning and end of the range. The "log" format lists
3296 the commits in the range like <a href="git-submodule.html">git-submodule(1)</a> <code>summary</code>
3297 does. The "diff" format shows an inline diff of the changed
3298 contents of the submodule. Defaults to "short".
3299 </p>
3300 </dd>
3302 diff.wordRegex
3303 </dt>
3304 <dd>
3305 <p>
3306 A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
3307 when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
3308 sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
3310 </p>
3311 </dd>
3314 </dt>
3315 <dd>
3316 <p>
3318 for details.
3319 </p>
3320 </dd>
3323 </dt>
3324 <dd>
3325 <p>
3326 The regular expression that the diff driver should use to
3327 recognize the hunk header. A built-in pattern may also be used.
3329 </p>
3330 </dd>
3333 </dt>
3334 <dd>
3335 <p>
3336 Set this option to true to make the diff driver treat files as
3338 </p>
3339 </dd>
3342 </dt>
3343 <dd>
3344 <p>
3345 The command that the diff driver should call to generate the
3346 text-converted version of a file. The result of the
3347 conversion is used to generate a human-readable diff. See
3349 </p>
3350 </dd>
3353 </dt>
3354 <dd>
3355 <p>
3356 The regular expression that the diff driver should use to
3358 details.
3359 </p>
3360 </dd>
3363 </dt>
3364 <dd>
3365 <p>
3366 Set this option to true to make the diff driver cache the text
3368 </p>
3372 </dt>
3373 <dd>
3374 <p>
3375 Use Araxis Merge (requires a graphical session)
3376 </p>
3377 </dd>
3380 </dt>
3381 <dd>
3382 <p>
3383 Use Beyond Compare (requires a graphical session)
3384 </p>
3385 </dd>
3388 </dt>
3389 <dd>
3390 <p>
3391 Use Beyond Compare (requires a graphical session)
3392 </p>
3393 </dd>
3396 </dt>
3397 <dd>
3398 <p>
3399 Use Beyond Compare (requires a graphical session)
3400 </p>
3401 </dd>
3404 </dt>
3405 <dd>
3406 <p>
3407 Use Code Compare (requires a graphical session)
3408 </p>
3409 </dd>
3412 </dt>
3413 <dd>
3414 <p>
3415 Use DeltaWalker (requires a graphical session)
3416 </p>
3417 </dd>
3420 </dt>
3421 <dd>
3422 <p>
3423 Use DiffMerge (requires a graphical session)
3424 </p>
3425 </dd>
3428 </dt>
3429 <dd>
3430 <p>
3431 Use Diffuse (requires a graphical session)
3432 </p>
3433 </dd>
3436 </dt>
3437 <dd>
3438 <p>
3439 Use ECMerge (requires a graphical session)
3440 </p>
3441 </dd>
3444 </dt>
3445 <dd>
3446 <p>
3447 Use Emacs' Emerge
3448 </p>
3449 </dd>
3452 </dt>
3453 <dd>
3454 <p>
3455 Use ExamDiff Pro (requires a graphical session)
3456 </p>
3457 </dd>
3460 </dt>
3461 <dd>
3462 <p>
3463 Use Guiffy’s Diff Tool (requires a graphical session)
3464 </p>
3465 </dd>
3468 </dt>
3469 <dd>
3470 <p>
3471 Use gVim (requires a graphical session)
3472 </p>
3473 </dd>
3476 </dt>
3477 <dd>
3478 <p>
3479 Use KDiff3 (requires a graphical session)
3480 </p>
3481 </dd>
3484 </dt>
3485 <dd>
3486 <p>
3487 Use Kompare (requires a graphical session)
3488 </p>
3489 </dd>
3492 </dt>
3493 <dd>
3494 <p>
3495 Use Meld (requires a graphical session)
3496 </p>
3497 </dd>
3500 </dt>
3501 <dd>
3502 <p>
3503 Use Neovim
3504 </p>
3505 </dd>
3508 </dt>
3509 <dd>
3510 <p>
3511 Use FileMerge (requires a graphical session)
3512 </p>
3513 </dd>
3516 </dt>
3517 <dd>
3518 <p>
3519 Use HelixCore P4Merge (requires a graphical session)
3520 </p>
3521 </dd>
3524 </dt>
3525 <dd>
3526 <p>
3527 Use Sublime Merge (requires a graphical session)
3528 </p>
3529 </dd>
3532 </dt>
3533 <dd>
3534 <p>
3535 Use TkDiff (requires a graphical session)
3536 </p>
3537 </dd>
3540 </dt>
3541 <dd>
3542 <p>
3543 Use Vim
3544 </p>
3545 </dd>
3548 </dt>
3549 <dd>
3550 <p>
3551 Use WinMerge (requires a graphical session)
3552 </p>
3553 </dd>
3556 </dt>
3557 <dd>
3558 <p>
3559 Use xxdiff (requires a graphical session)
3560 </p>
3561 </dd>
3562 </dl></div>
3563 </dd>
3565 diff.indentHeuristic
3566 </dt>
3567 <dd>
3568 <p>
3570 that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches easier to read.
3571 </p>
3572 </dd>
3574 diff.algorithm
3575 </dt>
3576 <dd>
3577 <p>
3578 Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
3579 </p>
3585 </dt>
3586 <dd>
3587 <p>
3588 The basic greedy diff algorithm. Currently, this is the default.
3589 </p>
3590 </dd>
3593 </dt>
3594 <dd>
3595 <p>
3596 Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible diff is
3597 produced.
3598 </p>
3599 </dd>
3602 </dt>
3603 <dd>
3604 <p>
3605 Use "patience diff" algorithm when generating patches.
3606 </p>
3607 </dd>
3610 </dt>
3611 <dd>
3612 <p>
3613 This algorithm extends the patience algorithm to "support
3614 low-occurrence common elements".
3615 </p>
3616 </dd>
3617 </dl></div>
3618 </div></div>
3619 </dd>
3621 diff.wsErrorHighlight
3622 </dt>
3623 <dd>
3624 <p>
3626 lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma,
3631 overrides this setting.
3632 </p>
3633 </dd>
3635 diff.colorMoved
3636 </dt>
3637 <dd>
3638 <p>
3640 in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes
3642 true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,
3643 moved lines are not colored.
3644 </p>
3645 </dd>
3647 diff.colorMovedWS
3648 </dt>
3649 <dd>
3650 <p>
3653 for details of valid modes see <em>--color-moved-ws</em> in <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a>.
3654 </p>
3655 </dd>
3656 </dl></div>
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