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| author | Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> | 2006-11-30 12:43:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-12-01 21:57:04 -0800 |
| commit | 4c81c213a479e4aae0653a56ad6e8db5c31f019c (patch) | |
| tree | f6e293579bb51afb0d7a755878625f6e967b5159 | |
| parent | ced7b828fadbf3d6de49d75392f1516b4ceb4491 (diff) | |
| download | git-4c81c213a479e4aae0653a56ad6e8db5c31f019c.tar.gz | |
git-diff: Introduce --index and deprecate --cached.
'git diff --cached' still works, but its use is discouraged
in the documentation. 'git diff --index' does the same thing
and is consistent with how 'git apply --index' works.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-diff.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-diff.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 228c4d95bd..3144864d85 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ the number of trees given to the command. * When one <tree-ish> is given, the working tree and the named tree are compared, using `git-diff-index`. The option - `--cached` can be given to compare the index file and + `--index` can be given to compare the index file and the named tree. + `--cached` is a deprecated alias for `--index`. It's use is + discouraged. * When two <tree-ish>s are given, these two trees are compared using `git-diff-tree`. @@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ Various ways to check your working tree:: + ------------ $ git diff <1> -$ git diff --cached <2> +$ git diff --index <2> $ git diff HEAD <3> ------------ + diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c index a6590205e8..1c535b1dd6 100644 --- a/builtin-diff.c +++ b/builtin-diff.c @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_index(struct rev_info *revs, int cached = 0; while (1 < argc) { const char *arg = argv[1]; - if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached")) + if (!strcmp(arg, "--index") || !strcmp(arg, "--cached")) cached = 1; else usage(builtin_diff_usage); |