From: Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 15:48:10 GMT Subject: [PATCH 2/3] diff-format.adoc: 'git diff-files' prints two lines for unmerged files Message-ID: <6c7d5c5853d5e36a0fddcc403c5be66f51517c00.1778860091.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Philippe Blain Since 10637b84d9 (diff-files: -1/-2/-3 to diff against unmerged stage., 2005-11-29), for unmerged entries 'git diff-files' print both an "unmerged" line ('U'), as well as an "in-place edit" line ('M') comparing stage 2 (by default) with the working tree. The "Raw output format" documentation however mentions that all commands print a single line per changed file. Adjust diff-format.adoc to also mention this special case, for completeness. Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain --- Documentation/diff-format.adoc | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.adoc b/Documentation/diff-format.adoc index 7f18c64f1e..43d91ef868 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-format.adoc +++ b/Documentation/diff-format.adoc @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ compared differs: `git-diff-files [...]`:: compares the index and the files on the filesystem. -All the commands print one output line per changed file. +All the commands print one output line per changed file, +except `git diff-files` in the case of an unmerged file, which prints +both an "unmerged" and an "in-place edit" line. An output line is formatted this way: -- gitgitgadget