"Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt > index e8ed6470fb..b10ff4caa6 100644 > --- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt > +++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt > @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ linkgit:git-diff-tree[1], or > linkgit:git-diff-files[1] > with the `-p` option produces patch text. > You can customize the creation of patch text via the > -`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables. > +`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables > +(see linkgit:git[1]). > > What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional > diff format: > diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt > index 2fc92586b5..98bdf0983c 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git.txt > @@ -551,8 +551,9 @@ Git Diffs > > `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF`:: > When the environment variable `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` is set, the > - program named by it is called, instead of the diff invocation > - described above. For a path that is added, removed, or modified, > + program named by it is called to generate diffs, and Git > + does not use its builtin diff machinery. > + For a path that is added, removed, or modified, > `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` is called with 7 parameters: Excellent. Thanks. Will queue.
