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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-09-07 23:04:52 -0700
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Documentation updates.
Fill in more missing documentation. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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NAME
----
-git-diff - Some git command not yet documented.
+git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc.
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-diff' [ --diff-options ] <ent>{0,2} [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
+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
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPTIONS
-------
---option::
- Some option not yet documented.
-
-<args>...::
- Some argument not yet documented.
+--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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