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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 39f2c5074..7a8747352 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ 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 +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). + @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ ifdef::git-log[] endif::git-log[] If `n` is specified, it 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 + 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. Without a `%` sign, the number is to be read as a fraction, with a decimal point before it. I.e., `-M5` becomes |