Our rev-list-options.txt include has a "Diff Formatting" section, but it is ifndef'd out for all manpages except git-log. And a few bits of the text are rather out of date. We say "some of these options are specific to git-rev-list". That's obviously silly since we (even before this patch) show the content only for git-log. But moreover, it's not true; each of the listed options is meaningful for other diff commands. We also say "...however other diff options may be given. See git-diff-files for more options." But there's no need to do so; git-log already has a "Common Diff Options" section which includes diff-options.txt. So let's move these options over to git-log and put them with the other diff options, giving a single "diff" section for the git-log documentation. We'll call it "Diff Formatting" but use the all-caps top-level header to match its sibling sections. And we'll rewrite the section intro to remove the useless bits and give a more generic overview of the section which can be later extended. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-log.txt | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 46 ------------------------------ 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 20e6d21a74..fb3998d8e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -111,8 +111,46 @@ include::rev-list-options.txt[] include::pretty-formats.txt[] -COMMON DIFF OPTIONS -------------------- +DIFF FORMATTING +--------------- + +By default, `git log` does not generate any diff output. The options +below can be used to show the changes made by each commit. + +-c:: + With this option, diff output for a merge commit + shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result + simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent + and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files + which were modified from all parents. + +--cc:: + This flag implies the `-c` option and further compresses the + patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in + the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks + one of them without modification. + +--combined-all-paths:: + This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to + list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has + effect when -c or --cc are specified, and is likely only + useful if filename changes are detected (i.e. when either + rename or copy detection have been requested). + +-m:: +--diff-merges:: + This flag makes the merge commits show the full diff like + regular commits; for each merge parent, a separate log entry + and diff is generated. An exception is that only diff against + the first parent is shown when `--first-parent` option is given; + in that case, the output represents the changes the merge + brought _into_ the then-current branch. + +-r:: + Show recursive diffs. + +-t:: + Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies `-r`. :git-log: 1 include::diff-options.txt[] diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 0785a0cfe9..398178d72a 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -1117,49 +1117,3 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] by a tab. endif::git-rev-list[] endif::git-shortlog[] - -ifndef::git-shortlog[] -ifndef::git-rev-list[] -Diff Formatting -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Listed below are options that control the formatting of diff output. -Some of them are specific to linkgit:git-rev-list[1], however other diff -options may be given. See linkgit:git-diff-files[1] for more options. - --c:: - With this option, diff output for a merge commit - shows the differences from each of the parents to the merge result - simultaneously instead of showing pairwise diff between a parent - and the result one at a time. Furthermore, it lists only files - which were modified from all parents. - ---cc:: - This flag implies the `-c` option and further compresses the - patch output by omitting uninteresting hunks whose contents in - the parents have only two variants and the merge result picks - one of them without modification. - ---combined-all-paths:: - This flag causes combined diffs (used for merge commits) to - list the name of the file from all parents. It thus only has - effect when -c or --cc are specified, and is likely only - useful if filename changes are detected (i.e. when either - rename or copy detection have been requested). - --m:: ---diff-merges:: - This flag makes the merge commits show the full diff like - regular commits; for each merge parent, a separate log entry - and diff is generated. An exception is that only diff against - the first parent is shown when `--first-parent` option is given; - in that case, the output represents the changes the merge - brought _into_ the then-current branch. - --r:: - Show recursive diffs. - --t:: - Show the tree objects in the diff output. This implies `-r`. -endif::git-rev-list[] -endif::git-shortlog[] -- 2.28.0.465.gd2839157e3
