@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ files on disk.
This form is to view the results of a merge commit. The first
listed <commit> must be the merge itself; the remaining two or
more commits should be its parents. A convenient way to produce
- the desired set of revisions is to use the {caret}@ suffix.
+ the desired set of revisions is to use the `^@` suffix.
For instance, if `master` names a merge commit, `git diff master
master^@` gives the same combined diff as `git show master`.
'git diff' [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
- This is synonymous to the earlier form (without the "..") for
+ This is synonymous to the earlier form (without the `..`) for
viewing the changes between two arbitrary <commit>. If <commit> on
one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as
using HEAD instead.
@@ -83,20 +83,20 @@ files on disk.
This form is to view the changes on the branch containing
and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor
- of both <commit>. "git diff A\...B" is equivalent to
- "git diff $(git merge-base A B) B". You can omit any one
+ of both <commit>. `git diff A...B` is equivalent to
+ `git diff $(git merge-base A B) B`. You can omit any one
of <commit>, which has the same effect as using HEAD instead.
Just in case you are doing something exotic, it should be
noted that all of the <commit> in the above description, except
-in the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any
+in the last two forms that use `..` notations, can be any
<tree>.
For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see
"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
However, "diff" is about comparing two _endpoints_, not ranges,
-and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and
-"<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the
+and the range notations (`<commit>..<commit>` and
+`<commit>...<commit>`) do not mean a range as defined in the
"SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>::
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ $ git diff HEAD <3>
+
<1> Changes in the working tree not yet staged for the next commit.
<2> Changes between the index and your last commit; what you
- would be committing if you run "git commit" without "-a" option.
+ would be committing if you run `git commit` without `-a` option.
<3> Changes in the working tree since your last commit; what you
- would be committing if you run "git commit -a"
+ would be committing if you run `git commit -a`
Comparing with arbitrary commits::
+
The modern way to quote commands in the documentation is to use backticks instead of double-quotes as this renders the text with the code style. Convert double-quoted command text to backtick-quoted commands. While we're at it, quote one instance of `^@`. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> --- Documentation/git-diff.txt | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)