2 Generate patch (see section on generating patches)
8 Generate the raw format.
11 Synonym for "-p --raw".
17 Output a condensed summary of extended header information
18 such as creations, renames and mode changes.
21 Synonym for "-p --stat".
24 \0 line termination on output
27 Show only names of changed files.
30 Show only names and status of changed files.
36 Turn off colored diff, even when the configuration file
37 gives the default to color output.
40 Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration
41 file gives the default to do so.
44 Instead of the first handful characters, show full
45 object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
46 line when generating a patch format output.
49 In addition to --full-index, output "binary diff" that
50 can be applied with "git apply".
53 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
54 name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
55 lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix. This is
56 independent of --full-index option above, which controls
57 the diff-patch output format. Non default number of
58 digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
61 Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
67 Detect copies as well as renames.
69 --diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]::
70 Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`),
71 Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their
72 type (mode) changed (`T`), are Unmerged (`U`), are
73 Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`).
74 Any combination of the filter characters may be used.
75 When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
76 paths are selected if there is any file that matches
77 other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file
78 that matches other criteria, nothing is selected.
80 --find-copies-harder::
81 For performance reasons, by default, -C option finds copies only
82 if the original file of the copy was modified in the same
83 changeset. This flag makes the command
84 inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
85 copy. This is a very expensive operation for large
86 projects, so use it with caution.
89 -M and -C options require O(n^2) processing time where n
90 is the number of potential rename/copy targets. This
91 option prevents rename/copy detection from running if
92 the number of rename/copy targets exceeds the specified
96 Look for differences that contain the change in <string>.
99 When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
100 changeset, not just the files that contain the change
104 Make the <string> not a plain string but an extended POSIX
108 Output the patch in the order specified in the
109 <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
112 Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
113 on-disk file to tree contents.
116 Treat all files as text.
119 Shorthand for "--text".
121 For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
122 link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].