[PATCH] clarify -M without % symbol in diff-options
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Documentation/diff-options.txt | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index f4f7e25..39f2c50 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -309,7 +309,11 @@ endif::git-log[]
index (i.e. amount of addition/deletions compared to the
file's size). For example, `-M90%` means git should consider a
delete/add pair to be a rename if more than 90% of the file
- hasn't changed.
+ hasn't changed. Without a `%` sign, the number is to be read as
+ a fraction, with a decimal point before it. I.e., `-M5` becomes
+ 0.5, and is thus the same as `-M50%`. Similarly, `-M05` is
+ the same as `-M5%`. To limit detection to exact renames, use
+ `-M100%`.
-C[<n>]::
--find-copies[=<n>]::
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1.7.11.7
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>