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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff.txt6
-rw-r--r--builtin-diff.c2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 3144864d85..228c4d95bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ 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
- `--index` can be given to compare the index file and
+ `--cached` 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`.
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ Various ways to check your working tree::
+
------------
$ git diff <1>
-$ git diff --index <2>
+$ git diff --cached <2>
$ git diff HEAD <3>
------------
+
diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index 1c535b1dd6..a6590205e8 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, "--index") || !strcmp(arg, "--cached"))
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached"))
cached = 1;
else
usage(builtin_diff_usage);