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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-05 00:22:01 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-05 00:22:01 -0800
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Documentation: git-diff asciidoc table workaround.
The table facility was nice in rendering HTML but was disastrous for man page. Reword the text and do not use table for now. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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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
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-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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+* When no <ent> is given, the working tree and the index
+ file is compared, using `git-diff-files`.
+
+* When one <ent> is given, the working tree and the named
+ tree is compared, using `git-diff-index`. The option
+ `--cached` can be given to compare the index file and
+ the named tree.
+
+* When two <ent>s are given, these two trees are compared
+ using `git-diff-tree`.
OPTIONS
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