# [PATCH] Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt the truth about "diff --git" 1 messages from 2009-01-06 to 2009-01-06. Participants: jidanni@jidanni.org. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17014 ## jidanni@jidanni.org, 2009-01-06 04:01 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt the truth about "diff --git" Message-ID: <1231214477-15208-1-git-send-email-jidanni@jidanni.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1231214477-15208-1-git-send-email-jidanni%40jidanni.org ``` Signed-off-by: jidanni --- Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt index 0f25ba7..dfc186c 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ diff format. The `a/` and `b/` filenames are the same unless rename/copy is involved. Especially, even for a creation or a deletion, `/dev/null` is _not_ used in place of `a/` or `b/` filenames. +(Diff(1) does not actually have a --git option.) + When rename/copy is involved, `file1` and `file2` show the name of the source file of the rename/copy and the name of -- 1.6.0.6 ```