Subject: [PATCH 8/9] doc/diff-options: document new --diff-merges features

From: Sergey Organov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 01:56:07 +0300

Document changes in -m and --diff-merges=m semantics, as well as new
--diff-merges=def option.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <[email-masked]>
---
 Documentation/diff-options.txt | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index aa2b5c11f20b..09b07231b5a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endif::git-diff[]
 endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 ifdef::git-log[]
---diff-merges=(off|none|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc)::
+--diff-merges=(off|none|def|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc)::
 --no-diff-merges::
 	Specify diff format to be used for merge commits. Default is
 	{diff-merges-default} unless `--first-parent` is in use, in which case
@@ -45,17 +45,24 @@ ifdef::git-log[]
 	Disable output of diffs for merge commits. Useful to override
 	implied value.
 +
+--diff-merges=def:::
+--diff-merges=m:::
+-m:::
+	This option makes diff output for merge commits to be shown in
+	the default format. `-m` will produce the output only if `-p`
+	is given as well. The default format could be changed using
+	`log.diffMerges` configuration parameter, which default value
+	is `separate`.
++
 --diff-merges=first-parent:::
 --diff-merges=1:::
 	This option makes merge commits show the full diff with
 	respect to the first parent only.
 +
 --diff-merges=separate:::
---diff-merges=m:::
--m:::
 	This makes merge commits show the full diff with respect to
 	each of the parents. Separate log entry and diff is generated
-	for each parent. `-m` doesn't produce any output without `-p`.
+	for each parent.
 +
 --diff-merges=combined:::
 --diff-merges=c:::
-- 
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