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authorDenton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>2019-10-29 09:54:32 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-11-02 13:16:41 +0900
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git-diff.txt: document return code of `--no-index`
Within diff_no_index(), we have the following: revs->diffopt.flags.exit_with_status = 1; ... /* * The return code for --no-index imitates diff(1): * 0 = no changes, 1 = changes, else error */ return diff_result_code(&revs->diffopt, 0); Which means when `git diff` is run in `--no-index` mode, `--exit-code` is implied. However, the documentation for this is missing in git-diff.txt. Add a note about how `--exit-code` is implied in the `--no-index` documentation to cover this documentation blindspot. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
running the command in a working tree controlled by Git and
at least one of the paths points outside the working tree,
or when running the command outside a working tree
- controlled by Git.
+ controlled by Git. This form implies `--exit-code`.
'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::