<dd>\r
<div class="listingblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>$ git diff <b>(1)</b>\r
-$ git diff --cached <b>(2)</b>\r
-$ git diff HEAD <b>(3)</b>\r
-\r
-<b>(1)</b> changes in the working tree since your last git-update-index.\r
-<b>(2)</b> changes between the index and your last commit; what you\r
-would be committing if you run "git commit" without "-a" option.\r
-<b>(3)</b> changes in the working tree since your last commit; what you\r
-would be committing if you run "git commit -a"</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><tt>$ git diff <b>(1)</b>\r
+$ git diff --cached <b>(2)</b>\r
+$ git diff HEAD <b>(3)</b></tt></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
+<ol>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+changes in the working tree since your last git-update-index.\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+changes between the index and your last commit; what you\r
+would be committing if you run "git commit" without "-a" option.\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+changes in the working tree since your last commit; what you\r
+would be committing if you run "git commit -a"\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+</ol>\r
</dd>\r
<dt>\r
Comparing with arbitrary commits\r
<dd>\r
<div class="listingblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>$ git diff test <b>(1)</b>\r
-$ git diff HEAD -- ./test <b>(2)</b>\r
-$ git diff HEAD^ HEAD <b>(3)</b>\r
-\r
-<b>(1)</b> instead of using the tip of the current branch, compare with the\r
+<pre><tt>$ git diff test <b>(1)</b>\r
+$ git diff HEAD -- ./test <b>(2)</b>\r
+$ git diff HEAD^ HEAD <b>(3)</b></tt></pre>\r
+</div></div>\r
+<ol>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+instead of using the tip of the current branch, compare with the\r
tip of "test" branch.\r
-<b>(2)</b> instead of comparing with the tip of "test" branch, compare with\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+instead of comparing with the tip of "test" branch, compare with\r
the tip of the current branch, but limit the comparison to the\r
file "test".\r
-<b>(3)</b> compare the version before the last commit and the last commit.</tt></pre>\r
-</div></div>\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+compare the version before the last commit and the last commit.\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+</ol>\r
</dd>\r
<dt>\r
Limiting the diff output\r
<dd>\r
<div class="listingblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>$ git diff --diff-filter=MRC <b>(1)</b>\r
-$ git diff --name-status -r <b>(2)</b>\r
-$ git diff arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <b>(3)</b>\r
-\r
-<b>(1)</b> show only modification, rename and copy, but not addition\r
+<pre><tt>$ git diff --diff-filter=MRC <b>(1)</b>\r
+$ git diff --name-status -r <b>(2)</b>\r
+$ git diff arch/i386 include/asm-i386 <b>(3)</b></tt></pre>\r
+</div></div>\r
+<ol>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+show only modification, rename and copy, but not addition\r
nor deletion.\r
-<b>(2)</b> show only names and the nature of change, but not actual\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+show only names and the nature of change, but not actual\r
diff output. --name-status disables usual patch generation\r
-which in turn also disables recursive behaviour, so without -r\r
+which in turn also disables recursive behavior, so without -r\r
you would only see the directory name if there is a change in a\r
file in a subdirectory.\r
-<b>(3)</b> limit diff output to named subtrees.</tt></pre>\r
-</div></div>\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+limit diff output to named subtrees.\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+</ol>\r
</dd>\r
<dt>\r
Munging the diff output\r
<dd>\r
<div class="listingblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>$ git diff --find-copies-harder -B -C <b>(1)</b>\r
-$ git diff -R <b>(2)</b>\r
-\r
-<b>(1)</b> spend extra cycles to find renames, copies and complete\r
-rewrites (very expensive).\r
-<b>(2)</b> output diff in reverse.</tt></pre>\r
+<pre><tt>$ git diff --find-copies-harder -B -C <b>(1)</b>\r
+$ git diff -R <b>(2)</b></tt></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
+<ol>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+spend extra cycles to find renames, copies and complete\r
+rewrites (very expensive).\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+<li>\r
+<p>\r
+output diff in reverse.\r
+</p>\r
+</li>\r
+</ol>\r
</dd>\r
</dl>\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
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<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 10-Mar-2006 00:31:25 UTC\r
+Last updated 04-Jun-2006 07:24:26 UTC\r
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