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-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-config.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt2
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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index d8570f2a75..15521f5191 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ diff.context::
Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the default
of 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
+diff.interHunkContext::
+ Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
+ of lines, thereby fusing the hunks that are close to each other.
+ This value serves as the default for the `--inter-hunk-context`
+ command line option.
+
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index e6215c372c..a219aa2907 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
--inter-hunk-context=<lines>::
Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
of lines, thereby fusing hunks that are close to each other.
+ Defaults to `diff.interHunkContext` or 0 if the config option
+ is unset.
-W::
--function-context::