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diff --git a/Documentation/config/diff.txt b/Documentation/config/diff.txt
index bd5ae0c337..190bda17e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/diff.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ diff.external::
you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
+diff.trustExitCode::
+ If this boolean value is set to true then the
+ `diff.external` command is expected to return exit code
+ 0 if it considers the input files to be equal or 1 if it
+ considers them to be different, like `diff(1)`.
+ If it is set to false, which is the default, then the command
+ is expected to return exit code 0 regardless of equality.
+ Any other exit code causes Git to report a fatal error.
+
diff.ignoreSubmodules::
Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
@@ -108,9 +117,15 @@ diff.mnemonicPrefix::
`git diff --no-index a b`;;
compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
-diff.noprefix::
+diff.noPrefix::
If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
+diff.srcPrefix::
+ If set, 'git diff' uses this source prefix. Defaults to "a/".
+
+diff.dstPrefix::
+ If set, 'git diff' uses this destination prefix. Defaults to "b/".
+
diff.relative::
If set to 'true', 'git diff' does not show changes outside of the directory
and show pathnames relative to the current directory.
@@ -158,6 +173,15 @@ diff.<driver>.command::
The custom diff driver command. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]
for details.
+diff.<driver>.trustExitCode::
+ If this boolean value is set to true then the
+ `diff.<driver>.command` command is expected to return exit code
+ 0 if it considers the input files to be equal or 1 if it
+ considers them to be different, like `diff(1)`.
+ If it is set to false, which is the default, then the command
+ is expected to return exit code 0 regardless of equality.
+ Any other exit code causes Git to report a fatal error.
+
diff.<driver>.xfuncname::
The regular expression that the diff driver should use to
recognize the hunk header. A built-in pattern may also be used.
@@ -223,5 +247,5 @@ diff.colorMoved::
diff.colorMovedWS::
When moved lines are colored using e.g. the `diff.colorMoved` setting,
- this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated
- for details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1].
+ this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated.
+ For details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1].