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diff format documentation: describe raw combined diff format

Add description of raw combined diff format to diff-formats.txt,
as "diff format for merges" section, before "Generating patches..."
section.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Jakub Narebski 18 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/diff-format.txt

@ -59,6 +59,28 @@ When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters @@ -59,6 +59,28 @@ When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
respectively.

diff format for merges
----------------------

"git-diff-tree" and "git-diff-files" can take '-c' or '--cc' option
to generate diff output also for merge commits. The output differs
from the format described above in the following way:

. there is a colon for each parent
. there are more "src" modes and "src" sha1
. status is concatenated status characters for each parent
. no optional "score" number
. single path, only for "dst"

Example:

------------------------------------------------
::100644 100644 100644 fabadb8... cc95eb0... 4866510... MM describe.c
------------------------------------------------

Note that 'combined diff' lists only files which were modified from
all parents.


Generating patches with -p
--------------------------

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