Update the documentation of the raw diff output format
This includes mentioning the initial hash output of diff-tree, and
changes the header to "raw output format" which is more descriptive.
Signed-off-by: David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index 1eeb1c7..b717124 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-The output format from "git-diff-index", "git-diff-tree",
+Raw output format
+-----------------
+
+The raw output format from "git-diff-index", "git-diff-tree",
"git-diff-files" and "git diff --raw" are very similar.
These commands all compare two sets of things; what is
@@ -16,6 +19,9 @@
git-diff-files [<pattern>...]::
compares the index and the files on the filesystem.
+The "git-diff-tree" command begins its ouput by printing the hash of
+what is being compared. After that, all the commands print one output
+line per changed file.
An output line is formatted this way:
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
index c526141..4ef0357 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
-q::
Remain silent even on nonexistent files
-Output format
--------------
+
include::diff-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
index 26920d4..8b9ed29 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
'git-diff-index' say that all non-checked-out files are up
to date.
-Output format
--------------
include::diff-format.txt[]
Operating Modes
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index 23b7abd..f2cef12 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@
in case you care).
-Output format
--------------
+
include::diff-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index a2f192f..0ac7112 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@
the diff to the named paths (you can give directory
names and get diff for all files under them).
-Output format
--------------
+
include::diff-format.txt[]
EXAMPLES
