I got tired of maintaining almost duplicated descriptions in
diff-* brothers, both in usage string and documentation.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
*** This comes after the "diff-stages -u" and "--name-only" patches.
*** I am in the process of a full sweep over Documentation/ and
*** program usage strings right now so you will see more patches
*** to Documentation/ area from me.
Documentation/Makefile | 2 +
Documentation/diff-options.txt | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/git-diff-cache.txt | 48 ++--------------------------------
Documentation/git-diff-files.txt | 44 +------------------------------
Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt | 48 ++--------------------------------
Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt | 46 ++------------------------------
diff-cache.c | 4 ++-
diff-files.c | 4 ++-
diff-stages.c | 3 +-
diff-tree.c | 4 ++-
diff.h | 20 ++++++++++++++
11 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 180 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/diff-options.txt
6a3a580f9f9da9d5e821c2ffbe9d0dd1fe54cb63
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ man1: $(DOC_MAN1)
man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
# 'include' dependencies
-git-diff-%.txt: diff-format.txt
+git-diff-%.txt: diff-format.txt diff-options.txt
touch $@
clean:
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+-p::
+ Generate patch (see section on generating patches)
+
+-u::
+ Synonym for "-p".
+
+-r::
+ Look recursivelly in subdirectories; this flag does not
+ mean anything to commands other than "git-diff-tree";
+ other commands always looks at all the subdirectories.
+
+-z::
+ \0 line termination on output
+
+--name-only::
+ Show only names of changed files.
+
+--name-only-z::
+ Same as --name-only, but terminate lines with NUL.
+
+-B::
+ Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
+
+-M::
+ Detect renames.
+
+-C::
+ Detect copies as well as renames.
+
+--find-copies-harder::
+ By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
+ file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
+ performance reasons. This flag makes the command
+ inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
+ copy. This is a very expensive operation for large
+ projects, so use it with caution.
+
+-S<string>::
+ Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
+
+--pickaxe-all::
+ When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
+ changeset, not just the files that contains the change
+ in <string>.
+
+-O<orderfile>::
+ Output the patch in the order specified in the
+ <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
+
+-R::
+ Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from cache or
+ on-disk file to tree contents.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-cache.txt
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-cache.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-cache - Compares content and mo
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff-cache' [-p] [-r] [-z] [-m] [--cached] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C]
[--find-copies-harder] [-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] <tree-ish>
[<path>...]
+'git-diff-cache' [-m] [--cached] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -21,53 +21,11 @@ entries in the cache are compared.
OPTIONS
-------
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
<tree-ish>::
The id of a tree object to diff against.
--p::
- Generate patch (see section on generating patches)
-
--r::
- This flag does not mean anything. It is there only to match
- "git-diff-tree". Unlike "git-diff-tree", "git-diff-cache"
- always looks at all the subdirectories.
-
--z::
- \0 line termination on output
-
--B::
- Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--M::
- Detect renames.
-
--C::
- Detect copies as well as renames.
-
---find-copies-harder::
- By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
- file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
- performance reasons. This flag makes the command
- inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
- copy. This is a very expensive operation for large
- projects, so use it with caution.
-
--S<string>::
- Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
-
---pickaxe-all::
- When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
- changeset, not just the files that contains the change
- in <string>.
-
--O<orderfile>::
- Output the patch in the order specified in the
- <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
-
--R::
- Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from cache or
- on-disk file to tree contents.
-
--cached::
do not consider the on-disk file at all
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the w
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff-files' [-p] [-q] [-r] [-z] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C]
[--find-copies-harder] [-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] [<path>...]
+'git-diff-files' [-q] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -20,51 +20,11 @@ same as "git-diff-cache" and "git-diff-t
OPTIONS
-------
--p::
- generate patch (see section on generating patches).
+include::diff-options.txt[]
-q::
Remain silent even on nonexisting files
--R::
- Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from on-disk files
- to cache contents.
-
--B::
- Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--M::
- Detect renames.
-
--C::
- Detect copies as well as renames.
-
---find-copies-harder::
- By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
- file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
- performance reasons. This flag makes the command
- inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
- copy. This is a very expensive operation for large
- projects, so use it with caution.
-
--S<string>::
- Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
-
---pickaxe-all::
- When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
- changeset, not just the files that contains the change
- in <string>.
-
--O<orderfile>::
- Output the patch in the order specified in the
- <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
-
--r::
- This flag does not mean anything. It is there only to match
- git-diff-tree. Unlike git-diff-tree, git-diff-files always looks
- at all the subdirectories.
-
-
Output format
-------------
include::diff-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
b/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-stages - Compares content and m
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff-stages' [-p] [-r] [-z] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C] [--find-copies-harder]
[-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] <stage1> <stage2> [<path>...]
+'git-diff-stages' [<common diff options>] <stage1> <stage2> [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -18,53 +18,11 @@ unmerged index file.
OPTIONS
-------
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
<stage1>,<stage2>::
The stage number to be compared.
--p::
- Generate patch (see section on generating patches)
-
--r::
- This flag does not mean anything. It is there only to match
- "git-diff-tree". Unlike "git-diff-tree", "git-diff-stages"
- always looks at all the subdirectories.
-
--z::
- \0 line termination on output
-
--B::
- Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--M::
- Detect renames.
-
--C::
- Detect copies as well as renames.
-
---find-copies-harder::
- By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
- file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
- performance reasons. This flag makes the command
- inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
- copy. This is a very expensive operation for large
- projects, so use it with caution.
-
--S<string>::
- Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
-
---pickaxe-all::
- When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
- changeset, not just the files that contains the change
- in <string>.
-
--O<orderfile>::
- Output the patch in the order specified in the
- <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
-
--R::
- Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from <stage2> to
- <stage1>.
-
Output format
-------------
include::diff-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-tree - Compares the content and
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-diff-tree' [-p] [-r] [-z] [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [-t] [-R] [-B] [-M]
[-C] [--find-copies-harder] [-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all]
<tree-ish> <tree-ish> [<path>...]
+'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] [<common diff
options>] <tree-ish> <tree-ish> [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Note that "git-diff-tree" can use the tr
OPTIONS
-------
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
<tree-ish>::
The id of a tree object.
@@ -29,51 +31,9 @@ OPTIONS
Note that this parameter does not provide any wildcard or regexp
features.
--p::
- generate patch (see section on generating patches). For
- git-diff-tree, this flag implies '-r' as well.
-
--B::
- Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--M::
- Detect renames.
-
--C::
- Detect copies as well as renames.
-
---find-copies-harder::
- By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
- file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
- performance reasons. This flag makes the command
- inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
- copy. This is a very expensive operation for large
- projects, so use it with caution.
-
--R::
- Swap two input trees.
-
--S<string>::
- Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
-
---pickaxe-all::
- When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
- changeset, not just the files that contains the change
- in <string>.
-
--O<orderfile>::
- Output the patch in the order specified in the
- <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
-
--r::
- recurse
-
-t::
show tree entry itself as well as subtrees. Implies -r.
--z::
- \0 line termination on output
-
--root::
When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be showed as a big
creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree.
diff --git a/diff-cache.c b/diff-cache.c
--- a/diff-cache.c
+++ b/diff-cache.c
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ static void mark_merge_entries(void)
}
static char *diff_cache_usage =
-"git-diff-cache [-p] [-r] [-z] [-m] [--cached] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C]
[--find-copies-harder] [-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] <tree-ish>
[<path>...]";
+"git-diff-cache [-m] [--cached] "
+"[<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]"
+COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP;
int main(int argc, const char **argv)
{
diff --git a/diff-files.c b/diff-files.c
--- a/diff-files.c
+++ b/diff-files.c
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
#include "diff.h"
static const char *diff_files_usage =
-"git-diff-files [-p] [-q] [-r] [-z] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C] [--find-copies-harder]
[-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] [<path>...]";
+"git-diff-files [-q] "
+"[<common diff options>] [<path>...]"
+COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP;
static int diff_output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_HUMAN;
static int detect_rename = 0;
diff --git a/diff-stages.c b/diff-stages.c
--- a/diff-stages.c
+++ b/diff-stages.c
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ static const char *orderfile = NULL;
static const char *diff_filter = NULL;
static char *diff_stages_usage =
-"git-diff-stages [-p] [-r] [-z] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C] [--find-copies-harder]
[-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] <stage1> <stage2> [<path>...]";
+"git-diff-stages [<common diff options>] <stage1> <stage2> [<path>...]"
+COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP;
static void diff_stages(int stage1, int stage2)
{
diff --git a/diff-tree.c b/diff-tree.c
--- a/diff-tree.c
+++ b/diff-tree.c
@@ -395,7 +395,9 @@ static int diff_tree_stdin(char *line)
}
static char *diff_tree_usage =
-"git-diff-tree [-p] [-r] [-z] [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] [-R]
[-B] [-M] [-C] [--find-copies-header] [-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>]
[--pickaxe-all] <tree-ish> <tree-ish>";
+"git-diff-tree [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] "
+"[<common diff options>] <tree-ish> <tree-ish>"
+COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP;
int main(int argc, const char **argv)
{
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -53,6 +53,26 @@ extern void diffcore_std_no_resolve(cons
const char *pickaxe, int pickaxe_opts,
const char *orderfile, const char *filter);
+#define COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP \
+"\ncommon diff options:\n" \
+" -r diff recursively (only meaningful in diff-tree)\n" \
+" -z output diff-raw with lines terminated with NUL.\n" \
+" -p output patch format.\n" \
+" -u synonym for -p.\n" \
+" --name-only show only names of changed files.\n" \
+" --name-only-z\n" \
+" same as --name-only but terminate lines with NUL.\n" \
+" -R swap input file pairs.\n" \
+" -B detect complete rewrites.\n" \
+" -M detect renames.\n" \
+" -C detect copies.\n" \
+" --find-copies-harder\n" \
+" try unchanged files as candidate for copy detection.\n" \
+" -O<file> reorder diffs according to the <file>.\n" \
+" -S<string> find filepair whose only one side contains the string.\n" \
+" --pickaxe-all\n" \
+" show all files diff when -S is used and hit is found.\n"
+
extern int diff_queue_is_empty(void);
#define DIFF_FORMAT_HUMAN 0
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