@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
Raw output format
-----------------
-The raw output format from "git-diff-index", "git-diff-tree",
-"git-diff-files" and "git diff --raw" are very similar.
+The raw output format from `git-diff-index`, `git-diff-tree`,
+`git-diff-files` and `git diff --raw` are very similar.
These commands all compare two sets of things; what is
compared differs:
-git-diff-index <tree-ish>::
- compares the <tree-ish> and the files on the filesystem.
+`git-diff-index <tree-ish>`::
+ compares the _<tree-ish>_ and the files on the filesystem.
-git-diff-index --cached <tree-ish>::
- compares the <tree-ish> and the index.
+`git-diff-index --cached <tree-ish>`::
+ compares the _<tree-ish>_ and the index.
-git-diff-tree [-r] <tree-ish-1> <tree-ish-2> [<pattern>...]::
+`git-diff-tree [-r] <tree-ish-1> <tree-ish-2> [<pattern>...]`::
compares the trees named by the two arguments.
-git-diff-files [<pattern>...]::
+`git-diff-files [<pattern>...]`::
compares the index and the files on the filesystem.
-The "git-diff-tree" command begins its output by printing the hash of
+The `git-diff-tree` command begins its output by printing the hash of
what is being compared. After that, all the commands print one output
line per changed file.
@@ -54,19 +54,19 @@ That is, from the left to the right:
Possible status letters are:
-- A: addition of a file
-- C: copy of a file into a new one
-- D: deletion of a file
-- M: modification of the contents or mode of a file
-- R: renaming of a file
-- T: change in the type of the file (regular file, symbolic link or submodule)
-- U: file is unmerged (you must complete the merge before it can
+- `A`: addition of a file
+- `C`: copy of a file into a new one
+- `D`: deletion of a file
+- `M`: modification of the contents or mode of a file
+- `R`: renaming of a file
+- `T`: change in the type of the file (regular file, symbolic link or submodule)
+- `U`: file is unmerged (you must complete the merge before it can
be committed)
-- X: "unknown" change type (most probably a bug, please report it)
+- `X`: "unknown" change type (most probably a bug, please report it)
-Status letters C and R are always followed by a score (denoting the
+Status letters `C` and `R` are always followed by a score (denoting the
percentage of similarity between the source and target of the move or
-copy). Status letter M may be followed by a score (denoting the
+copy). Status letter `M` may be followed by a score (denoting the
percentage of dissimilarity) for file rewrites.
The sha1 for "dst" is shown as all 0's if a file on the filesystem
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte.
diff format for merges
----------------------
-"git-diff-tree", "git-diff-files" and "git-diff --raw"
+`git-diff-tree`, `git-diff-files` and `git-diff --raw`
can take `-c` or `--cc` option
to generate diff output also for merge commits. The output differs
from the format described above in the following way:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ other diff formats
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The `--summary` option describes newly added, deleted, renamed and
-copied files. The `--stat` option adds diffstat(1) graph to the
+copied files. The `--stat` option adds `diffstat`(1) graph to the
output. These options can be combined with other options, such as
`-p`, and are meant for human consumption.