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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index cf4b216598..7a87473526 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ any of those replacements occurred. the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does. Omitting the `--submodule` option or specifying `--submodule=short`, uses the 'short' format. This format just shows the names of the commits - at the beginning and end of the range. + at the beginning and end of the range. Can be tweaked via the + `diff.submodule` configuration variable. --color[=<when>]:: Show colored diff. @@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ few lines that happen to match textually as the context, but as a single deletion of everything old followed by a single insertion of everything new, and the number `m` controls this aspect of the -B option (defaults to 60%). `-B/70%` specifies that less than 30% of the -original should remain in the result for git to consider it a total +original should remain in the result for Git to consider it a total rewrite (i.e. otherwise the resulting patch will be a series of deletion and insertion mixed together with context lines). + @@ -306,9 +307,13 @@ ifdef::git-log[] endif::git-log[] If `n` is specified, it is a threshold on the similarity index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the - file's size). For example, `-M90%` means git should consider a + file's size). For example, `-M90%` means Git should consider a delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file - hasn't changed. + hasn't changed. Without a `%` sign, the number is to be read as + a fraction, with a decimal point before it. I.e., `-M5` becomes + 0.5, and is thus the same as `-M50%`. Similarly, `-M05` is + the same as `-M5%`. To limit detection to exact renames, use + `-M100%`. -C[<n>]:: --find-copies[=<n>]:: |