Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > ... > At some point, the reader starts to wonder what "it" is. :) (2) > already has this problem, since the extended header lines actually > precede the traditional diff rather than following it. > > How about: > > What the -p option produces is slightly different[...] > > 1. It is preceded with a "git diff" header[...] > 2. Next comes one or more extended header lines[...] > 3. The from-file/to-file header that follows uses filenames > of the form a/file1 and b/file2 (where "a/" and "b/" can be > replaced with some other string or removed depending on > options used): > > --- a/file1 > +++ b/file2 > > This header is omitted if[...] > 4. TAB, LF, double quote, and [...] Quite sensible point to raise, which I completely missed. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html