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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 6236c75c9b..44748fa802 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ If --merge-base is given, use the merge base of the two commits for the This form is to view the results of a merge commit. The first listed <commit> must be the merge itself; the remaining two or - more commits should be its parents. A convenient way to produce - the desired set of revisions is to use the `^@` suffix. - For instance, if `master` names a merge commit, `git diff master - master^@` gives the same combined diff as `git show master`. + more commits should be its parents. Convenient ways to produce + the desired set of revisions are to use the suffixes `^@` and + `^!`. If A is a merge commit, then `git diff A A^@`, + `git diff A^!` and `git show A` all give the same combined diff. 'git diff' [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]:: |