1- diff.autoRefreshIndex::
2- When using ' git diff' to compare with work tree
1+ ` diff.autoRefreshIndex` ::
2+ When using ` git diff` to compare with work tree
33 files, do not consider stat-only changes as changed.
44 Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
55 update the cached stat information for paths whose
66 contents in the work tree match the contents in the
7- index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
8- affects only ' git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
9- ' diff' commands such as ' git diff-files' .
7+ index. This option defaults to ` true` . Note that this
8+ affects only ` git diff` Porcelain, and not lower level
9+ ` diff` commands such as ` git diff-files` .
1010
11- diff.dirstat::
11+ `diff.dirstat`::
12+ ifdef::git-diff[]
13+ A comma separated list of `--dirstat` parameters specifying the
14+ default behavior of the `--dirstat` option to `git diff` and friends.
15+ endif::git-diff[]
16+ ifndef::git-diff[]
1217 A comma separated list of `--dirstat` parameters specifying the
1318 default behavior of the `--dirstat` option to linkgit:git-diff[1]
14- and friends. The defaults can be overridden on the command line
15- (using `--dirstat=<param1,param2,...>`). The fallback defaults
19+ and friends.
20+ endif::git-diff[]
21+ The defaults can be overridden on the command line
22+ (using `--dirstat=<param>,...`). The fallback defaults
1623 (when not changed by `diff.dirstat`) are `changes,noncumulative,3`.
1724 The following parameters are available:
1825+
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ diff.dirstat::
4148 Note that when using `cumulative`, the sum of the percentages
4249 reported may exceed 100%. The default (non-cumulative) behavior can
4350 be specified with the `noncumulative` parameter.
44- <limit>;;
51+ _ <limit>_ ;;
4552 An integer parameter specifies a cut-off percent (3% by default).
4653 Directories contributing less than this percentage of the changes
4754 are not shown in the output.
@@ -52,58 +59,58 @@ directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files,
5259and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories:
5360`files,10,cumulative`.
5461
55- diff.statNameWidth::
56- Limit the width of the filename part in --stat output. If set, applies
57- to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch.
62+ ` diff.statNameWidth` ::
63+ Limit the width of the filename part in ` --stat` output. If set, applies
64+ to all commands generating ` --stat` output except ` format-patch` .
5865
59- diff.statGraphWidth::
60- Limit the width of the graph part in --stat output. If set, applies
61- to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch.
66+ ` diff.statGraphWidth` ::
67+ Limit the width of the graph part in ` --stat` output. If set, applies
68+ to all commands generating ` --stat` output except ` format-patch` .
6269
63- diff.context::
64- Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the default
65- of 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
70+ ` diff.context` ::
71+ Generate diffs with _ <n>_ lines of context instead of the default
72+ of 3. This value is overridden by the `-U` option.
6673
67- diff.interHunkContext::
74+ ` diff.interHunkContext` ::
6875 Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
6976 of lines, thereby fusing the hunks that are close to each other.
7077 This value serves as the default for the `--inter-hunk-context`
7178 command line option.
7279
73- diff.external::
80+ ` diff.external` ::
7481 If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
7582 performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
76- given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
83+ given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF`
7784 environment variable. The command is called with parameters
7885 as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if
7986 you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
8087 your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
8188
82- diff.trustExitCode::
83- If this boolean value is set to true then the
89+ ` diff.trustExitCode` ::
90+ If this boolean value is set to ` true` then the
8491 `diff.external` command is expected to return exit code
8592 0 if it considers the input files to be equal or 1 if it
86- considers them to be different, like `diff(1)` .
87- If it is set to false, which is the default, then the command
88- is expected to return exit code 0 regardless of equality.
93+ considers them to be different, like `diff` (1).
94+ If it is set to ` false` , which is the default, then the command
95+ is expected to return exit code `0` regardless of equality.
8996 Any other exit code causes Git to report a fatal error.
9097
91- diff.ignoreSubmodules::
92- Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
93- affects only ' git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level ' diff'
94- commands such as ' git diff-files'. ' git checkout'
95- and ' git switch' also honor
98+ ` diff.ignoreSubmodules` ::
99+ Sets the default value of ` --ignore-submodules` . Note that this
100+ affects only ` git diff` Porcelain, and not lower level ` diff`
101+ commands such as ` git diff-files`. ` git checkout`
102+ and ` git switch` also honor
96103 this setting when reporting uncommitted changes. Setting it to
97- ' all' disables the submodule summary normally shown by ' git commit'
98- and ' git status' when `status.submoduleSummary` is set unless it is
99- overridden by using the --ignore-submodules command-line option.
100- The ' git submodule' commands are not affected by this setting.
104+ ` all` disables the submodule summary normally shown by ` git commit`
105+ and ` git status` when `status.submoduleSummary` is set unless it is
106+ overridden by using the ` --ignore-submodules` command-line option.
107+ The ` git submodule` commands are not affected by this setting.
101108 By default this is set to untracked so that any untracked
102109 submodules are ignored.
103110
104- diff.mnemonicPrefix::
105- If set, ' git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
106- standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
111+ ` diff.mnemonicPrefix` ::
112+ If set, ` git diff` uses a prefix pair that is different from the
113+ standard `a/` and `b/` depending on what is being compared. When
107114 this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
108115 the order of the prefixes:
109116`git diff`;;
@@ -112,111 +119,117 @@ diff.mnemonicPrefix::
112119 compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
113120`git diff --cached`;;
114121 compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
115- `git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;;
122+ `git diff HEAD:< file1> < file2> `;;
116123 compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
117- `git diff --no-index a b `;;
118- compares two non-git things (1) and (2) .
124+ `git diff --no-index <a> <b> `;;
125+ compares two non-git things _<a>_ and _<b>_ .
119126
120- diff.noPrefix::
121- If set, ' git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
127+ ` diff.noPrefix` ::
128+ If set, ` git diff` does not show any source or destination prefix.
122129
123- diff.srcPrefix::
124- If set, ' git diff' uses this source prefix. Defaults to "a/" .
130+ ` diff.srcPrefix` ::
131+ If set, ` git diff` uses this source prefix. Defaults to `a/` .
125132
126- diff.dstPrefix::
127- If set, ' git diff' uses this destination prefix. Defaults to "b/" .
133+ ` diff.dstPrefix` ::
134+ If set, ` git diff` uses this destination prefix. Defaults to `b/` .
128135
129- diff.relative::
130- If set to ' true', ' git diff' does not show changes outside of the directory
136+ ` diff.relative` ::
137+ If set to ` true`, ` git diff` does not show changes outside of the directory
131138 and show pathnames relative to the current directory.
132139
133- diff.orderFile::
140+ ` diff.orderFile` ::
134141 File indicating how to order files within a diff.
135- See the '-O' option to linkgit:git-diff[1] for details.
142+ ifdef::git-diff[]
143+ See the `-O` option for details.
144+ endif::git-diff[]
145+ ifndef::git-diff[]
146+ See the `-O` option to linkgit:git-diff[1] for details.
147+ endif::git-diff[]
136148 If `diff.orderFile` is a relative pathname, it is treated as
137149 relative to the top of the working tree.
138150
139- diff.renameLimit::
151+ ` diff.renameLimit` ::
140152 The number of files to consider in the exhaustive portion of
141- copy/rename detection; equivalent to the ' git diff' option
153+ copy/rename detection; equivalent to the ` git diff` option
142154 `-l`. If not set, the default value is currently 1000. This
143155 setting has no effect if rename detection is turned off.
144156
145- diff.renames::
146- Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to " false" ,
147- rename detection is disabled. If set to " true" , basic rename
148- detection is enabled. If set to " copies" or " copy" , Git will
149- detect copies, as well. Defaults to true. Note that this
150- affects only ' git diff' Porcelain like linkgit:git-diff[1] and
157+ ` diff.renames` ::
158+ Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to ` false` ,
159+ rename detection is disabled. If set to ` true` , basic rename
160+ detection is enabled. If set to ` copies` or ` copy` , Git will
161+ detect copies, as well. Defaults to ` true` . Note that this
162+ affects only ` git diff` Porcelain like linkgit:git-diff[1] and
151163 linkgit:git-log[1], and not lower level commands such as
152164 linkgit:git-diff-files[1].
153165
154- diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
166+ ` diff.suppressBlankEmpty` ::
155167 A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
156- before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
168+ before each empty output line. Defaults to ` false` .
157169
158- diff.submodule::
170+ ` diff.submodule` ::
159171 Specify the format in which differences in submodules are
160- shown. The " short" format just shows the names of the commits
161- at the beginning and end of the range. The " log" format lists
172+ shown. The ` short` format just shows the names of the commits
173+ at the beginning and end of the range. The ` log` format lists
162174 the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary`
163- does. The " diff" format shows an inline diff of the changed
164- contents of the submodule. Defaults to " short" .
175+ does. The ` diff` format shows an inline diff of the changed
176+ contents of the submodule. Defaults to ` short` .
165177
166- diff.wordRegex::
178+ ` diff.wordRegex` ::
167179 A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
168180 when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
169181 sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
170182 characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
171183
172- diff.<driver>.command::
184+ ` diff.<driver>.command` ::
173185 The custom diff driver command. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]
174186 for details.
175187
176- diff.<driver>.trustExitCode::
177- If this boolean value is set to true then the
188+ ` diff.<driver>.trustExitCode` ::
189+ If this boolean value is set to ` true` then the
178190 `diff.<driver>.command` command is expected to return exit code
179191 0 if it considers the input files to be equal or 1 if it
180- considers them to be different, like `diff(1)` .
181- If it is set to false, which is the default, then the command
192+ considers them to be different, like `diff` (1).
193+ If it is set to ` false` , which is the default, then the command
182194 is expected to return exit code 0 regardless of equality.
183195 Any other exit code causes Git to report a fatal error.
184196
185- diff.<driver>.xfuncname::
197+ ` diff.<driver>.xfuncname` ::
186198 The regular expression that the diff driver should use to
187199 recognize the hunk header. A built-in pattern may also be used.
188200 See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
189201
190- diff.<driver>.binary::
191- Set this option to true to make the diff driver treat files as
202+ ` diff.<driver>.binary` ::
203+ Set this option to ` true` to make the diff driver treat files as
192204 binary. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
193205
194- diff.<driver>.textconv::
206+ ` diff.<driver>.textconv` ::
195207 The command that the diff driver should call to generate the
196208 text-converted version of a file. The result of the
197209 conversion is used to generate a human-readable diff. See
198210 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
199211
200- diff.<driver>.wordRegex::
212+ ` diff.<driver>.wordRegex` ::
201213 The regular expression that the diff driver should use to
202214 split words in a line. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
203215 details.
204216
205- diff.<driver>.cachetextconv::
206- Set this option to true to make the diff driver cache the text
217+ ` diff.<driver>.cachetextconv` ::
218+ Set this option to ` true` to make the diff driver cache the text
207219 conversion outputs. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
208220
209221include::../mergetools-diff.txt[]
210222
211- diff.indentHeuristic::
223+ ` diff.indentHeuristic` ::
212224 Set this option to `false` to disable the default heuristics
213225 that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches easier to read.
214226
215- diff.algorithm::
227+ ` diff.algorithm` ::
216228 Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
217229+
218230--
219- `default`, `myers`;;
231+ `default`;;
232+ `myers`;;
220233 The basic greedy diff algorithm. Currently, this is the default.
221234`minimal`;;
222235 Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible diff is
@@ -229,7 +242,7 @@ diff.algorithm::
229242--
230243+
231244
232- diff.wsErrorHighlight::
245+ ` diff.wsErrorHighlight` ::
233246 Highlight whitespace errors in the `context`, `old` or `new`
234247 lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma,
235248 `none` resets previous values, `default` reset the list to
@@ -238,14 +251,19 @@ diff.wsErrorHighlight::
238251 The command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>`
239252 overrides this setting.
240253
241- diff.colorMoved::
242- If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines
243- in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes
244- see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to
245- true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,
246- moved lines are not colored.
247-
248- diff.colorMovedWS::
254+ `diff.colorMoved`::
255+ If set to either a valid _<mode>_ or a `true` value, moved lines
256+ in a diff are colored differently.
257+ ifdef::git-diff[]
258+ For details of valid modes see `--color-moved`.
259+ endif::git-diff[]
260+ ifndef::git-diff[]
261+ For details of valid modes see `--color-moved` in linkgit:git-diff[1].
262+ endif::git-diff[]
263+ If simply set to `true` the default color mode will be used. When
264+ set to `false`, moved lines are not colored.
265+
266+ `diff.colorMovedWS`::
249267 When moved lines are colored using e.g. the `diff.colorMoved` setting,
250- this option controls the `< mode>` how spaces are treated.
251- For details of valid modes see ' --color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1].
268+ this option controls the mode how spaces are treated.
269+ For details of valid modes see ` --color-moved-ws` in linkgit:git-diff[1].
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