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diff --git a/Documentation/config/diff.txt b/Documentation/config/diff.txt index 35a7bf86d7..190bda17e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/diff.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ diff.autoRefreshIndex:: When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree - files, do not consider stat-only change as changed. + files, do not consider stat-only changes as changed. Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to update the cached stat information for paths whose contents in the work tree match the contents in the @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files, and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories: `files,10,cumulative`. +diff.statNameWidth:: + Limit the width of the filename part in --stat output. If set, applies + to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch. + diff.statGraphWidth:: Limit the width of the graph part in --stat output. If set, applies to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch. @@ -75,6 +79,15 @@ diff.external:: you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead. +diff.trustExitCode:: + If this boolean value is set to true then the + `diff.external` command is expected to return exit code + 0 if it considers the input files to be equal or 1 if it + considers them to be different, like `diff(1)`. + If it is set to false, which is the default, then the command + is expected to return exit code 0 regardless of equality. + Any other exit code causes Git to report a fatal error. + diff.ignoreSubmodules:: Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff' @@ -104,9 +117,15 @@ diff.mnemonicPrefix:: `git diff --no-index a b`;; compares two non-git things (1) and (2). -diff.noprefix:: +diff.noPrefix:: If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix. +diff.srcPrefix:: + If set, 'git diff' uses this source prefix. Defaults to "a/". + +diff.dstPrefix:: + If set, 'git diff' uses this destination prefix. Defaults to "b/". + diff.relative:: If set to 'true', 'git diff' does not show changes outside of the directory and show pathnames relative to the current directory. @@ -154,6 +173,15 @@ diff.<driver>.command:: The custom diff driver command. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. +diff.<driver>.trustExitCode:: + If this boolean value is set to true then the + `diff.<driver>.command` command is expected to return exit code + 0 if it considers the input files to be equal or 1 if it + considers them to be different, like `diff(1)`. + If it is set to false, which is the default, then the command + is expected to return exit code 0 regardless of equality. + Any other exit code causes Git to report a fatal error. + diff.<driver>.xfuncname:: The regular expression that the diff driver should use to recognize the hunk header. A built-in pattern may also be used. @@ -219,5 +247,5 @@ diff.colorMoved:: diff.colorMovedWS:: When moved lines are colored using e.g. the `diff.colorMoved` setting, - this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated - for details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. + this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated. + For details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. |