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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt2
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 798b551514..1a13abc922 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Example
# Our diff algorithm
[diff]
- external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
+ external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
renames = true
[branch "devel"]
@@ -563,9 +563,11 @@ diff.autorefreshindex::
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
- given command. Note: if you want to use an external diff
- program only on a subset of your files, you might want to
- use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
+ given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
+ environment variable. The command is called with parameters
+ as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if
+ you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
+ your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 697824cbab..28e1861094 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ Given a .git/config like this:
; Our diff algorithm
[diff]
- external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
+ external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
renames = true
; Proxy settings