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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 2371262b1..eecedaab6 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -206,10 +206,29 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] the diff-patch output format. Non default number of digits can be specified with `--abbrev=<n>`. --B:: - Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create. - --M:: +-B[<n>][/<m>]:: + Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and + create. This serves two purposes: ++ +It affects the way a change that amounts to a total rewrite of a file +not as a series of deletion and insertion mixed together with a very +few lines that happen to match textually as the context, but as a +single deletion of everything old followed by a single insertion of +everything new, and the number `m` controls this aspect of the -B +option (defaults to 60%). `-B/70%` specifies that less than 30% of the +original should remain in the result for git to consider it a total +rewrite (i.e. otherwise the resulting patch will be a series of +deletion and insertion mixed together with context lines). ++ +When used with -M, a totally-rewritten file is also considered as the +source of a rename (usually -M only considers a file that disappeared +as the source of a rename), and the number `n` controls this aspect of +the -B option (defaults to 50%). `-B20%` specifies that a change with +addition and deletion compared to 20% or more of the file's size are +eligible for being picked up as a possible source of a rename to +another file. + +-M[<n>]:: ifndef::git-log[] Detect renames. endif::git-log[] @@ -218,9 +237,15 @@ ifdef::git-log[] For following files across renames while traversing history, see `--follow`. endif::git-log[] + If `n` is specified, it is a is a threshold on the similarity + index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the + file's size). For example, `-M90%` means git should consider a + delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file + hasn't changed. --C:: +-C[<n>]:: Detect copies as well as renames. See also `--find-copies-harder`. + If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`. ifndef::git-format-patch[] --diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]:: |