From: Robert Watson <robert.oo.watson@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:06:04 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [PATCH] document command to show diff of a commit
X-Git-Tag: v0.99.7c~2^2~8
X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ff8489cb0ad4274315fecffc1fb187b7951a51b5;p=git.git

[PATCH] document command to show diff of a commit

Document the best way to show the change introduced by a
commit, based on the suggestion by Linus on the list.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---

diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index 9ec4b29ff..816c592eb 100644
--- 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.
 
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