git/Documentation/diff-options.txt, branch v1.7.3.4

Keep together options controlling the behaviour of diffcore-rename.

2010-11-16T17:29:37Z

It makes little sense to have --diff-filter in the middle of them, and even spares an ifndef::git-format-patch. Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Fix odd markup in --diff-filter documentation

2010-10-08T19:30:52Z

Instead of using the regex-like bracket expression, use grouping to make it more consistent with other similar places. The brackets now have the same meaning as in other documentation (i.e., the argument is optional). Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec Mentored-and-Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Use angles for placeholders consistently

2010-10-08T19:29:52Z

Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Merge branch 'jl/submodule-ignore-diff'

2010-08-18T19:36:25Z

* jl/submodule-ignore-diff: Add tests for the diff.ignoreSubmodules config option Add the 'diff.ignoreSubmodules' config setting Submodules: Use "ignore" settings from .gitmodules too for diff and status Submodules: Add the new "ignore" config option for diff and status Conflicts: diff.c

Document -B[/], -M and -C variants of -B, -M and -C

2010-08-09T16:16:11Z

These options take an optional argument, but this optional argument was not documented. Original patch by Matthieu Moy, but documentation for -B mostly copied from the explanations of Junio C Hamano. While we're there, fix a typo in a comment in diffcore.h. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Submodules: Use "ignore" settings from .gitmodules too for diff and status

2010-08-09T16:11:44Z

The .gitmodules file is parsed for "submodule..ignore" entries before looking for them in .git/config. Thus settings found in .git/config will override those from .gitmodules, thereby allowing the local developer to ignore settings given by the remote side while also letting upstream set defaults for those users who don't have special needs. Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Submodules: Add the new "ignore" config option for diff and status

2010-08-09T16:01:52Z

The new "ignore" config option controls the default behavior for "git status" and the diff family. It specifies under what circumstances they consider submodules as modified and can be set separately for each submodule. The command line option "--ignore-submodules=" has been extended to accept the new parameter "none" for both status and diff. Users that chose submodules to get rid of long work tree scanning times might want to set the "dirty" option for those submodules. This brings back the pre 1.7.0 behavior, where submodule work trees were never scanned for modifications. By using "--ignore-submodules=none" on the command line the status and diff commands can be told to do a full scan. This option can be set to the following values (which have the same name and meaning as for the "--ignore-submodules" option of status and diff): "all": All changes to the submodule will be ignored. "dirty": Only differences of the commit recorded in the superproject and the submodules HEAD will be considered modifications, all changes to the work tree of the submodule will be ignored. When using this value, the submodule will not be scanned for work tree changes at all, leading to a performance benefit on large submodules. "untracked": Only untracked files in the submodules work tree are ignored, a changed HEAD and/or modified files in the submodule will mark it as modified. "none" (which is the default): Either untracked or modified files in a submodules work tree or a difference between the subdmodules HEAD and the commit recorded in the superproject will make it show up as changed. This value is added as a new parameter for the "--ignore-submodules" option of the diff family and "git status" so the user can override the settings in the configuration. Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Merge branch 'jl/maint-diff-ignore-submodules'

2010-06-30T18:55:37Z

* jl/maint-diff-ignore-submodules: t4027,4041: Use test -s to test for an empty file Add optional parameters to the diff option "--ignore-submodules" git diff: rename test that had a conflicting name

Merge branch 'jk/diff-m-doc'

2010-06-13T18:22:27Z

* jk/diff-m-doc: docs: clarify meaning of -M for git-log

Add optional parameters to the diff option "--ignore-submodules"

2010-06-11T20:33:17Z

In some use cases it is not desirable that the diff family considers submodules that only contain untracked content as dirty. This may happen e.g. when the submodule is not under the developers control and not all build generated files have been added to .gitignore by the upstream developers. Using the "untracked" parameter for the "--ignore-submodules" option disables checking for untracked content and lets git diff report them as changed only when they have new commits or modified content. Sometimes it is not wanted to have submodules show up as changed when they just contain changes to their work tree. An example for that are scripts which just want to check for submodule commits while ignoring any changes to the work tree. Also users having large submodules known not to change might want to use this option, as the - sometimes substantial - time it takes to scan the submodule work tree(s) is saved. Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano