usage: git diff [] [] [--] [...] or: git diff [] --cached [--merge-base] [] [--] [...] or: git diff [] [--merge-base] [...] [--] [...] or: git diff [] ... [--] [...] or: git diff [] or: git diff [] --no-index [--] common diff options: -z output diff-raw with lines terminated with NUL. -p output patch format. -u synonym for -p. --patch-with-raw output both a patch and the diff-raw format. --stat show diffstat instead of patch. --numstat show numeric diffstat instead of patch. --patch-with-stat output a patch and prepend its diffstat. --name-only show only names of changed files. --name-status show names and status of changed files. --full-index show full object name on index lines. --abbrev= abbreviate object names in diff-tree header and diff-raw. -R swap input file pairs. -B detect complete rewrites. -M detect renames. -C detect copies. --find-copies-harder try unchanged files as candidate for copy detection. -l limit rename attempts up to paths. -O reorder diffs according to the . -S find filepair whose only one side contains the string. --pickaxe-all show all files diff when -S is used and hit is found. -a --text treat all files as text.