Since recent documentation uses terms like 'staged' and 'staging area', --staged is more in line with other documentation and to be pfeferred over --cached. Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-diff.txt | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 33fbd8c56f91..12d5b62e71f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git diff' [options] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] -'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] +'git diff' [options] --staged [<commit>] [--] [<path>...] 'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...] 'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob> 'git diff' [options] [--no-index] [--] <path> <path> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk. or when running the command outside a working tree controlled by Git. -'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: +'git diff' [--options] --staged [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]:: This form is to view the changes you staged for the next commit relative to the named <commit>. Typically you @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk. do not give <commit>, it defaults to HEAD. If HEAD does not exist (e.g. unborned branches) and <commit> is not given, it shows all staged changes. - --staged is a synonym of --cached. + --cached is a synonym of --staged. 'git diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]:: -- 1.8.5.4 -- 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