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From: "Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>,
	Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] diff-format.adoc: mode and hash are 0* for unmerged paths from index only
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 15:48:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bf103e169b7c7c8a68ae4191514cfe517c577f6d.1778860091.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2304.git.git.1778860091.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>

In the "Raw output format" section, we mention that the 'mode' and
'sha1' for "src" and "dst" are 0* if "(creation|deletion) or unmerged".
For unmerged entries, 'mode' and 'sha1' are in fact 0* only when we are
looking at the index, i.e. on the left side for 'git diff-files' and on
the right side for 'git diff-index --cached'. Be more precise by
mentioning this, and while at it uniformize the wording of the "work
tree out of sync with the index" case.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/diff-format.adoc | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.adoc b/Documentation/diff-format.adoc
index 43d91ef868..ef5df140fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.adoc
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ unmerged       :000000 000000 0000000 0000000 U file6
 That is, from the left to the right:
 
 . a colon.
-. mode for "src"; 000000 if creation or unmerged.
+. mode for "src"; 000000 if creation, or if "src" is from the index and is unmerged.
 . a space.
-. mode for "dst"; 000000 if deletion or unmerged.
+. mode for "dst"; 000000 if deletion, or if "dst" is from the index and is unmerged.
 . a space.
-. sha1 for "src"; 0\{40\} if creation or unmerged.
+. sha1 for "src"; 0\{40\} if creation, or if "src" is from the index and is unmerged.
 . a space.
-. sha1 for "dst"; 0\{40\} if deletion, unmerged or "work tree out of sync with the index".
+. sha1 for "dst"; 0\{40\} if deletion, if "dst" is from the index and is unmerged, or if "dst" is from the work tree and is out of sync with the index.
 . a space.
 . status, followed by optional "score" number.
 . a tab or a NUL when `-z` option is used.
-- 
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-15 15:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-15 15:48 [PATCH 0/3] Some more "Raw output format" doc improvements Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2026-05-15 15:48 ` [PATCH 1/3] diff-format.adoc: remove mention of diff-tree specific output Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2026-05-15 15:48 ` [PATCH 2/3] diff-format.adoc: 'git diff-files' prints two lines for unmerged files Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2026-05-15 15:48 ` Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget [this message]

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