[PATCH] Document the --root switch of git-diff-tree

Signed-off-by: Thomas Glanzmann <sithglan@stud.uni-erlangen.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
git-mirror · May 29, 2005 · 0746b62 · 0746b62
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ OPTIONS
 -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.
+
 --stdin::
 	When '--stdin' is specified, the command does not take
 	<tree-ish> arguments from the command line.  Instead, it