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.\" Title: git-diff
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 10/21/2022
+.\" Date: 10/26/2022
.\" Manual: Git Manual
-.\" Source: Git 2.38.1.143.g1fc3c0ad40
+.\" Source: Git 2.38.1.175.gdb29e6bbae
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "GIT\-DIFF" "1" "10/21/2022" "Git 2\&.38\&.1\&.143\&.g1fc3c0" "Git Manual"
+.TH "GIT\-DIFF" "1" "10/26/2022" "Git 2\&.38\&.1\&.175\&.gdb29e6" "Git Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -92,14 +92,15 @@ is equivalent to
.PP
\fIgit diff\fR [<options>] <commit> <commit>\&... <commit> [\-\-] [<path>\&...]
.RS 4
-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
+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\&. Convenient ways to produce the desired set of revisions are to use the suffixes
\fB^@\fR
-suffix\&. For instance, if
-\fBmaster\fR
-names a merge commit,
-\fBgit diff master master^@\fR
-gives the same combined diff as
-\fBgit show master\fR\&.
+and
+\fB^!\fR\&. If A is a merge commit, then
+\fBgit diff A A^@\fR,
+\fBgit diff A^!\fR
+and
+\fBgit show A\fR
+all give the same combined diff\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIgit diff\fR [<options>] <commit>\&.\&.<commit> [\-\-] [<path>\&...]