1 git-diff-tree-helper(1)
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7 git-diff-tree-helper - Generates patch format output for git-diff-*
12 'git-diff-tree-helper' [-z] [-R]
16 Reads output from "git-diff-cache", "git-diff-tree" and "git-diff-files" and
17 generates patch format output.
22 \0 line termination on input
25 Output diff in reverse. This is useful for displaying output from
26 "git-diff-cache" which always compares tree with cache or working
29 git-diff-cache <tree> | git-diff-tree-helper -R file.c
31 would show a diff to bring the working file back to what is in the <tree>.
35 The section on generating patches in link:git-diff-cache.html[git-diff-cache]
40 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
44 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
48 Part of the link:git.html[git] suite