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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 0bb1cfb239..2f72b10224 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -551,8 +551,9 @@ Git Diffs `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF`:: When the environment variable `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` is set, the - program named by it is called, instead of the diff invocation - described above. For a path that is added, removed, or modified, + program named by it is called to generate diffs, and Git + does not use its builtin diff machinery. + For a path that is added, removed, or modified, `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` is called with 7 parameters: path old-file old-hex old-mode new-file new-hex new-mode |