From 35ef3a4c63d6b60cda8f26c842c0efee8d2cb5cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 23:04:52 -0700 Subject: Documentation updates. Fill in more missing documentation. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-diff.txt | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git-diff.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index f43a60f4f1..fc37ea7412 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -3,25 +3,39 @@ git-diff(1) NAME ---- -git-diff - Some git command not yet documented. +git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-diff' [ --option ] ... +'git-diff' [ --diff-options ] {0,2} [...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Does something not yet documented. - +Show changes between two ents, an ent and the working tree, an +ent and the index file, or the index file and the working tree. +The combination of what is compared with what is determined by +the number of ents given to the command. + +`----------------`--------`-----------------------------`------------------ +Number of ents Options What's Compared Underlying command +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +0 - index file and working tree git-diff-files +1 --cached ent and index file git-diff-index +1 - ent and working tree git-diff-index +2 - two ents git-diff-tree +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPTIONS ------- ---option:: - Some option not yet documented. - -...:: - Some argument not yet documented. +--diff-options:: + '--diff-options' are passed to the `git-diff-files`, + `git-diff-index`, and `git-diff-tree` commands. See the + documentation for these commands for description. + +...:: + The arguments are also passed to `git-diff-\*` + commands. Author -- cgit v1.2.3