git-diff(1)
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NAME
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git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc.


SYNOPSIS
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'git-diff' [ --diff-options ] <ent>{0,2} [<path>...]

DESCRIPTION
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Show changes between two ents, an ent and the working tree, an
ent and the index file, or the index file and the working tree.
The combination of what is compared with what is determined by
the number of ents given to the command.

* When no <ent> is given, the working tree and the index
  file is compared, using `git-diff-files`.

* When one <ent> is given, the working tree and the named
  tree is compared, using `git-diff-index`.  The option
  `--cached` can be given to compare the index file and
  the named tree.

* When two <ent>s are given, these two trees are compared
  using `git-diff-tree`.

OPTIONS
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--diff-options::
	'--diff-options' are passed to the `git-diff-files`,
	`git-diff-index`, and `git-diff-tree` commands.  See the
	documentation for these commands for description.

<path>...::
	The <path> arguments are also passed to `git-diff-\*`
	commands.


Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Documentation
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite