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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-diff-index.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-diff.txt | 12 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt index 25fe165f00..27acb31cbf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-index - Compare a tree to the working tree or index SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] +'git diff-index' [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --cached:: Do not consider the on-disk file at all. +--merge-base:: + Instead of comparing <tree-ish> directly, use the merge base + between <tree-ish> and HEAD instead. <tree-ish> must be a + commit. + -m:: By default, files recorded in the index but not checked out are reported as deleted. This flag makes diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 8f7b4ed3ca..762ee6d074 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git diff' [<options>] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] -'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [<options>] --cached [--merge-base] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] 'git diff' [<options>] <commit> [<commit>...] <commit> [--] [<path>...] 'git diff' [<options>] <commit>...<commit> [--] [<path>...] 'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ files on disk. or when running the command outside a working tree controlled by Git. This form implies `--exit-code`. -'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [<options>] --cached [--merge-base] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you staged for the next commit relative to the named <commit>. Typically you @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ files on disk. If HEAD does not exist (e.g. unborn branches) and <commit> is not given, it shows all staged changes. --staged is a synonym of --cached. ++ +If --merge-base is given, instead of using <commit>, use the merge base +of <commit> and HEAD. `git diff --merge-base A` is equivalent to +`git diff $(git merge-base A HEAD)`. 'git diff' [<options>] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: @@ -89,8 +93,8 @@ files on disk. Just in case you are doing something exotic, it should be noted that all of the <commit> in the above description, except -in the last two forms that use `..` notations, can be any -<tree>. +in the `--merge-base` case and in the last two forms that use `..` +notations, can be any <tree>. For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. |