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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-02-27 02:27:26 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-02-27 02:27:26 -0800
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Merge branch 'np/types' into jc/fetch
* np/types: (253 commits) get rid of lookup_object_type() convert object type handling from a string to a number formalize typename(), and add its reverse type_from_string() sha1_file.c: don't ignore an error condition in sha1_loose_object_info() sha1_file.c: cleanup "offset" usage sha1_file.c: cleanup hdr usage git-apply: do not fix whitespaces on context lines. diff --cc: integer overflow given a 2GB-or-larger file mailinfo: do not get confused with logical lines that are too long. Documentation: link in 1.5.0.2 material to the top documentation page. Documentation: document remote.<name>.tagopt GIT 1.5.0.2 git-remote: support remotes with a dot in the name Documentation: describe "-f/-t/-m" options to "git-remote add" diff --cc: fix display of symlink conflicts during a merge. merge-recursive: fix longstanding bug in merging symlinks merge-index: fix longstanding bug in merging symlinks diff --cached: give more sensible error message when HEAD is yet to be created. Update tests to use test-chmtime Add test-chmtime: a utility to change mtime on files ...
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@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ June 2005
Introduction
------------
-The diff commands git-diff-index, git-diff-files, git-diff-tree, and
-git-diff-stages can be told to manipulate differences they find in
+The diff commands git-diff-index, git-diff-files, and git-diff-tree
+can be told to manipulate differences they find in
unconventional ways before showing diff(1) output. The manipulation
is collectively called "diffcore transformation". This short note
describes what they are and how to use them to produce diff outputs
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ files:
- git-diff-tree compares contents of two "tree" objects;
- - git-diff-stages compares contents of blobs at two stages in an
- unmerged index file.
-
In all of these cases, the commands themselves compare
corresponding paths in the two sets of files. The result of
comparison is passed from these commands to what is internally