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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-05-19 19:00:36 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-05-19 22:33:07 -0700
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[PATCH] diff overhaul
This cleans up the way calls are made into the diff core from diff-tree family and diff-helper. Earlier, these programs had "if (generating_patch)" sprinkled all over the place, but those ugliness are gone and handled uniformly from the diff core, even when not generating patch format. This also allowed diff-cache and diff-files to acquire -R (reverse) option to generate diff in reverse. Users of diff-tree can swap two trees easily so I did not add -R there. [ Linus' note: I'll add -R to "diff-tree" too, since a "commit diff" doesn't have another tree to switch around: the other tree is always the parent(s) of the commit ] Also -M<digits-as-mantissa> suggestion made by Linus has been implemented. Documentation updates are also included. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the cache
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff-files' [-p] [-q] [-r] [-z] [-M] [<pattern>...]
+'git-diff-files' [-p] [-q] [-r] [-z] [-M] [-R] [<pattern>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ OPTIONS
-q::
Remain silent even on nonexisting files
+-R::
+ Output diff in reverse.
+
-M::
Detect renames; implies -p.