[PATCH] Clean up diff option descriptions.

I got tired of maintaining almost duplicated descriptions in
diff-* brothers, both in usage string and documentation.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

6 files changed, 65 insertions, 176 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index e3844f213b..353fe7c986 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ man1: $(DOC_MAN1)
 man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
 
 # 'include' dependencies
-git-diff-%.txt: diff-format.txt
+git-diff-%.txt: diff-format.txt diff-options.txt
 	touch $@
 
 clean:
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58b9c46c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+-p::
+	Generate patch (see section on generating patches)
+
+-u::
+	Synonym for "-p".
+
+-r::
+	Look recursivelly in subdirectories; this flag does not
+	mean anything to commands other than "git-diff-tree";
+	other commands always looks at all the subdirectories.
+
+-z::
+	\0 line termination on output
+
+--name-only::
+	Show only names of changed files.
+
+--name-only-z::
+	Same as --name-only, but terminate lines with NUL.
+
+-B::
+	Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
+
+-M::
+	Detect renames.
+
+-C::
+	Detect copies as well as renames.
+
+--find-copies-harder::
+	By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
+	file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
+	performance reasons.  This flag makes the command
+	inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
+	copy.  This is a very expensive operation for large
+	projects, so use it with caution.
+
+-S<string>::
+	Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
+
+--pickaxe-all::
+	When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
+	changeset, not just the files that contains the change
+	in <string>.
+
+-O<orderfile>::
+	Output the patch in the order specified in the
+	<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
+
+-R::
+	Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from cache or
+	on-disk file to tree contents.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-cache.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-cache.txt
index f6dd7037d5..b463593408 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-cache.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-cache - Compares content and mode of blobs between the cache and reposi
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-diff-cache' [-p] [-r] [-z] [-m] [--cached] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C] [--find-copies-harder] [-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
+'git-diff-cache' [-m] [--cached] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -21,53 +21,11 @@ entries in the cache are compared.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
 <tree-ish>::
 	The id of a tree object to diff against.
 
--p::
-	Generate patch (see section on generating patches)
-
--r::
-	This flag does not mean anything.  It is there only to match
-	"git-diff-tree".  Unlike "git-diff-tree", "git-diff-cache"
-	always looks at all the subdirectories.
-
--z::
-	\0 line termination on output
-
--B::
-	Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--M::
-	Detect renames.
-
--C::
-	Detect copies as well as renames.
-
---find-copies-harder::
-	By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
-	file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
-	performance reasons.  This flag makes the command
-	inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
-	copy.  This is a very expensive operation for large
-	projects, so use it with caution.
-
--S<string>::
-	Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
-
---pickaxe-all::
-	When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
-	changeset, not just the files that contains the change
-	in <string>.
-
--O<orderfile>::
-	Output the patch in the order specified in the
-	<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
-
--R::
-	Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from cache or
-	on-disk file to tree contents.
-
 --cached::
 	do not consider the on-disk file at all
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
index 32e9a1e760..3e1244f8d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-files - Compares files in the working tree and the cache
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-diff-files' [-p] [-q] [-r] [-z] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C] [--find-copies-harder] [-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] [<path>...]
+'git-diff-files' [-q] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -20,51 +20,11 @@ same as "git-diff-cache" and "git-diff-tree".
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
--p::
-	generate patch (see section on generating patches).
+include::diff-options.txt[]
 
 -q::
 	Remain silent even on nonexisting files
 
--R::
-	Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from on-disk files
-	to cache contents.
-
--B::
-	Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--M::
-	Detect renames.
-
--C::
-	Detect copies as well as renames.
-
---find-copies-harder::
-	By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
-	file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
-	performance reasons.  This flag makes the command
-	inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
-	copy.  This is a very expensive operation for large
-	projects, so use it with caution.
-
--S<string>::
-	Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
-
---pickaxe-all::
-	When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
-	changeset, not just the files that contains the change
-	in <string>.
-
--O<orderfile>::
-	Output the patch in the order specified in the
-	<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
-
--r::
-	This flag does not mean anything.  It is there only to match
-	git-diff-tree.  Unlike git-diff-tree, git-diff-files always looks
-	at all the subdirectories.
-
-
 Output format
 -------------
 include::diff-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
index e7e59c8491..2084c7041f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-stages - Compares content and mode of blobs between stages in an unmerg
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-diff-stages' [-p] [-r] [-z] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C] [--find-copies-harder] [-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] <stage1> <stage2> [<path>...]
+'git-diff-stages' [<common diff options>] <stage1> <stage2> [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -18,53 +18,11 @@ unmerged index file.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
 <stage1>,<stage2>::
 	The stage number to be compared.
 
--p::
-	Generate patch (see section on generating patches)
-
--r::
-	This flag does not mean anything.  It is there only to match
-	"git-diff-tree".  Unlike "git-diff-tree", "git-diff-stages"
-	always looks at all the subdirectories.
-
--z::
-	\0 line termination on output
-
--B::
-	Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--M::
-	Detect renames.
-
--C::
-	Detect copies as well as renames.
-
---find-copies-harder::
-	By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
-	file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
-	performance reasons.  This flag makes the command
-	inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
-	copy.  This is a very expensive operation for large
-	projects, so use it with caution.
-
--S<string>::
-	Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
-
---pickaxe-all::
-	When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
-	changeset, not just the files that contains the change
-	in <string>.
-
--O<orderfile>::
-	Output the patch in the order specified in the
-	<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
-
--R::
-	Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from <stage2> to
-	<stage1>.
-
 Output format
 -------------
 include::diff-format.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index ab0ba4fb17..b2095cb049 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-tree - Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree object
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-diff-tree' [-p] [-r] [-z] [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [-t] [-R] [-B] [-M] [-C] [--find-copies-harder] [-O<orderfile>] [-S<string>] [--pickaxe-all] <tree-ish> <tree-ish> [<path>...]
+'git-diff-tree' [--stdin] [-m] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] [<common diff options>] <tree-ish> <tree-ish> [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Note that "git-diff-tree" can use the tree encapsulated in a commit object.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
 <tree-ish>::
 	The id of a tree object.
 
@@ -29,51 +31,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	Note that this parameter does not provide any wildcard or regexp
 	features.
 
--p::
-	generate patch (see section on generating patches).  For
-	git-diff-tree, this flag implies '-r' as well.
-
--B::
-	Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
-
--M::
-	Detect renames.
-
--C::
-	Detect copies as well as renames.
-
---find-copies-harder::
-	By default, -C option finds copies only if the original
-	file of the copy was modified in the same changeset for
-	performance reasons.  This flag makes the command
-	inspect unmodified files as candidates for the source of
-	copy.  This is a very expensive operation for large
-	projects, so use it with caution.
-
--R::
-	Swap two input trees.
-
--S<string>::
-	Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.
-
---pickaxe-all::
-	When -S finds a change, show all the changes in that
-	changeset, not just the files that contains the change
-	in <string>.
-
--O<orderfile>::
-	Output the patch in the order specified in the
-	<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
-
--r::
-	recurse
-
 -t::
 	show tree entry itself as well as subtrees.  Implies -r.
 
--z::
-	\0 line termination on output
-
 --root::
 	When '--root' is specified the initial commit will be showed as a big
 	creation event. This is equivalent to a diff against the NULL tree.