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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-02-05 16:40:44 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-02-05 16:40:44 -0800 |
commit | aac006aa99fd94ac1665d6daa31b9e289914bfe7 (patch) | |
tree | 4a7ff0b3a52c0c643ddcaed01fc130310b70b21c /Documentation/diff-options.txt | |
parent | 30b29f044a2b30f0667eb21559959e03eb1bd04f (diff) | |
parent | af04d8f1a5a38373fba762071824bc85da7cc050 (diff) | |
download | git-aac006aa99fd94ac1665d6daa31b9e289914bfe7.tar.gz |
Merge branch 'so/log-diff-merge'
"git log" learned a new "--diff-merges=<how>" option.
* so/log-diff-merge: (32 commits)
t4013: add tests for --diff-merges=first-parent
doc/git-show: include --diff-merges description
doc/rev-list-options: document --first-parent changes merges format
doc/diff-generate-patch: mention new --diff-merges option
doc/git-log: describe new --diff-merges options
diff-merges: add '--diff-merges=1' as synonym for 'first-parent'
diff-merges: add old mnemonic counterparts to --diff-merges
diff-merges: let new options enable diff without -p
diff-merges: do not imply -p for new options
diff-merges: implement new values for --diff-merges
diff-merges: make -m/-c/--cc explicitly mutually exclusive
diff-merges: refactor opt settings into separate functions
diff-merges: get rid of now empty diff_merges_init_revs()
diff-merges: group diff-merge flags next to each other inside 'rev_info'
diff-merges: split 'ignore_merges' field
diff-merges: fix -m to properly override -c/--cc
t4013: add tests for -m failing to override -c/--cc
t4013: support test_expect_failure through ':failure' magic
diff-merges: revise revs->diff flag handling
diff-merges: handle imply -p on -c/--cc logic for log.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 746b144c76..e5733ccb2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -33,6 +33,57 @@ endif::git-diff[] show the patch by default, or to cancel the effect of `--patch`. endif::git-format-patch[] +ifdef::git-log[] +--diff-merges=(off|none|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc):: +--no-diff-merges:: + Specify diff format to be used for merge commits. Default is + {diff-merges-default} unless `--first-parent` is in use, in which case + `first-parent` is the default. ++ +--diff-merges=(off|none)::: +--no-diff-merges::: + Disable output of diffs for merge commits. Useful to override + implied value. ++ +--diff-merges=first-parent::: +--diff-merges=1::: + This option makes merge commits show the full diff with + respect to the first parent only. ++ +--diff-merges=separate::: +--diff-merges=m::: +-m::: + This makes merge commits show the full diff with respect to + each of the parents. Separate log entry and diff is generated + for each parent. `-m` doesn't produce any output without `-p`. ++ +--diff-merges=combined::: +--diff-merges=c::: +-c::: + With this option, diff output for a merge commit shows the + differences from each of the parents to the merge result + simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a + parent and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists + only files which were modified from all parents. `-c` implies + `-p`. ++ +--diff-merges=dense-combined::: +--diff-merges=cc::: +--cc::: + With this option the output produced by + `--diff-merges=combined` is further compressed by omitting + uninteresting hunks whose contents in the parents have only + two variants and the merge result picks one of them without + modification. `--cc` implies `-p`. + +--combined-all-paths:: + This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to + list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has + effect when `--diff-merges=[dense-]combined` is in use, and + is likely only useful if filename changes are detected (i.e. + when either rename or copy detection have been requested). +endif::git-log[] + -U<n>:: --unified=<n>:: Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of |