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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt index 1f4b91ed45..5d48664e62 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt @@ -49,17 +49,22 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --stdin:: When '--stdin' is specified, the command does not take <tree-ish> arguments from the command line. Instead, it - reads either one <commit> or a list of <commit> - separated with a single space from its standard input. + reads lines containing either two <tree>, one <commit>, or a + list of <commit> from its standard input. (Use a single space + as separator.) + +When two trees are given, it compares the first tree with the second. When a single commit is given, it compares the commit with its parents. The remaining commits, when given, are used as if they are parents of the first commit. + -The ID of the first (or only) commit, followed by a newline, is -printed before the differences. +When comparing two trees, the ID of both trees (separated by a space +and terminated by a newline) is printed before the difference. When +comparing commits, the ID of the first (or only) commit, followed by a +newline, is printed. + -The following flags further affects its behavior. +The following flags further affects the behavior when comparing +commits (but not trees). -m:: By default, 'git-diff-tree --stdin' does not show |