From: Bill Lear Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:21:53 +0000 (-0600) Subject: Document --check option to git diff. X-Git-Tag: v1.5.0-rc3~41 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=16507fcf0a9991976815972faa253d77804d6f35;p=git.git Document --check option to git diff. Signed-off-by: Bill Lear Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 41b76d8a4..ce85d06c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ probably need to split up your commit to finer grained pieces. Oh, another thing. I am picky about whitespaces. Make sure your changes do not trigger errors with the sample pre-commit hook shipped -in templates/hooks--pre-commit. +in templates/hooks--pre-commit. To help ensure this does not happen, +run git diff --check on your changes before you commit. (2) Generate your patch using git tools out of your commits. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index da1cc60e9..019a39f2b 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration file gives the default to do so. +--check:: + Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace + or an indent that uses a space before a tab. + --full-index:: Instead of the first handful characters, show full object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"