| git-diff(1) |
| =========== |
| |
| NAME |
| ---- |
| git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc. |
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| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| 'git-diff' [ --diff-options ] <ent>{0,2} [<path>...] |
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| DESCRIPTION |
| ----------- |
| 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 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| OPTIONS |
| ------- |
| --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. |
| |
| <path>...:: |
| The <path> arguments are also passed to `git-diff-\*` |
| commands. |
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| Author |
| ------ |
| Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |
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| Documentation |
| -------------- |
| Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
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| GIT |
| --- |
| Part of the link:git.html[git] suite |
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