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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git range-diff' [--color=[<when>]] [--no-color] [<diff-options>]
[--no-dual-color] [--creation-factor=<factor>]
- [--left-only | --right-only]
+ [--left-only | --right-only] [--diff-merges=<format>]
( <range1> <range2> | <rev1>...<rev2> | <base> <rev1> <rev2> )
[[--] <path>...]
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ to revert to color all lines according to the outer diff markers
Suppress commits that are missing from the second specified range
(or the "right range" when using the `<rev1>...<rev2>` format).
+--diff-merges=<format>::
+ Instead of ignoring merge commits, generate diffs for them using the
+ corresponding `--diff-merges=<format>` option of linkgit:git-log[1],
+ and include them in the comparison.
++
+Note: In the common case, the `remerge` mode will be the most natural one
+to use, as it shows only the diff on top of what Git's merge machinery would
+have produced. In other words, if a merge commit is the result of a
+non-conflicting `git merge`, the `remerge` mode will represent it with an empty
+diff.
+
--[no-]notes[=<ref>]::
This flag is passed to the `git log` program
(see linkgit:git-log[1]) that generates the patches.