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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-02-05 16:40:44 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-02-05 16:40:44 -0800
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Merge branch 'so/log-diff-merge'
"git log" learned a new "--diff-merges=<how>" option. * so/log-diff-merge: (32 commits) t4013: add tests for --diff-merges=first-parent doc/git-show: include --diff-merges description doc/rev-list-options: document --first-parent changes merges format doc/diff-generate-patch: mention new --diff-merges option doc/git-log: describe new --diff-merges options diff-merges: add '--diff-merges=1' as synonym for 'first-parent' diff-merges: add old mnemonic counterparts to --diff-merges diff-merges: let new options enable diff without -p diff-merges: do not imply -p for new options diff-merges: implement new values for --diff-merges diff-merges: make -m/-c/--cc explicitly mutually exclusive diff-merges: refactor opt settings into separate functions diff-merges: get rid of now empty diff_merges_init_revs() diff-merges: group diff-merge flags next to each other inside 'rev_info' diff-merges: split 'ignore_merges' field diff-merges: fix -m to properly override -c/--cc t4013: add tests for -m failing to override -c/--cc t4013: support test_expect_failure through ':failure' magic diff-merges: revise revs->diff flag handling diff-merges: handle imply -p on -c/--cc logic for log.c ...
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@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ Combined diff format
Any diff-generating command can take the `-c` or `--cc` option to
produce a 'combined diff' when showing a merge. This is the default
format when showing merges with linkgit:git-diff[1] or
-linkgit:git-show[1]. Note also that you can give the `-m` option to any
-of these commands to force generation of diffs with individual parents
-of a merge.
+linkgit:git-show[1]. Note also that you can give suitable
+`--diff-merges` option to any of these commands to force generation of
+diffs in specific format.
A "combined diff" format looks like this: