[PATCH] document command to show diff of a commit

[git.git] / Documentation / git-diff-tree.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index 5ccf0ba..816c592 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ git-diff-tree - Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree object
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> <tree-ish> [<path>...]
+'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Compares the content and mode of the blobs found via two tree objects.
 
+If there is only one <tree-ish> given, the commit is compared with its parents
+(see --stdin below).
+
 Note that "git-diff-tree" can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object.
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ so it can be used to name subdirectories.
 An example of normal usage is:
 
   torvalds@ppc970:~/git> git-diff-tree 5319e4......
-  *100664->100664 blob    ac348b.......->a01513.......      git-fsck-cache.c
+  *100664->100664 blob    ac348b.......->a01513.......      git-fsck-objects.c
 
 which tells you that the last commit changed just one file (it's from
 this one:
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ this one:
   author Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> Sat Apr 9 12:02:30 2005
   committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> Sat Apr 9 12:02:30 2005
 
-  Make "git-fsck-cache" print out all the root commits it finds.
+  Make "git-fsck-objects" print out all the root commits it finds.
 
   Once I do the reference tracking, I'll also make it print out all the
   HEAD commits it finds, which is even more interesting.