It's sort of already documented with the --no-commit-id command-line flag, but let's not hide important information from the user. Signed-off-by: Karl Hasselström <kha@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt | 10 +++++++--- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 1fdf20d..1f4b91e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -52,10 +52,14 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] reads either one <commit> or a list of <commit> separated with a single space from its standard input. + -When a single commit is given on one line of such input, it compares -the commit with its parents. The following flags further affects its -behavior. The remaining commits, when given, are used as if they are +When a single commit is given, it compares the commit with its +parents. The remaining commits, when given, are used as if they are parents of the first commit. ++ +The ID of the first (or only) commit, followed by a newline, is +printed before the differences. ++ +The following flags further affects its behavior. -m:: By default, 'git-diff-tree --stdin' does not show -- 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
