Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.52.0-120-gb31ab

Author: gitster

RelNotes/2.53.0.adoc

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  in a transaction by default, instead of emitting where each refs
  should point at and leaving the actual update to another command.
 
+ * "git blame" learns "--diff-algorithm=<algo>" option.
+
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
 --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -57,6 +59,43 @@ Fixes since v2.52
  corrected.
  (merge 7a03a10a3a jx/repo-struct-utf8width-fix later to maint).
 
+ * Yet another corner case fix around renames in the "ort" merge
+ strategy.
+ (merge a562d90a35 en/ort-rename-another-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Test leakfix.
+ (merge 14b561e768 jk/test-mktemp-leakfix later to maint).
+
+ * Update a version of action used at the GitHub Actrions CI.
+ (merge cd99203f86 js/ci-github-setup-go-update later to maint).
+
+ * The "return errno = EFOO, -1" construct, which is heavily used in
+ compat/mingw.c and triggers warnings under "-Wcomma", has been
+ rewritten to avoid the warnings.
+ (merge af3919816f js/mingw-assign-comma-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Makefile based build have recently been updated to build a
+ libgit.a that also has reftable and xdiff objects; CMake based
+ build procedure has been updated to match.
+ (merge b0d5c88cca js/cmake-libgit-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Under-allocation fix.
+ (merge d22a488482 js/wincred-get-credential-alloc-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git worktree list" attempts to show paths to worktrees while
+ aligning them, but miscounted display columns for the paths when
+ non-ASCII characters were involved, which has been corrected.
+ (merge 08dfa59835 pw/worktree-list-display-width-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "Windows+meson" job at the GitHub Actions CI was hard to debug, as
+ it did not show and save failed test artifacts, which has been
+ corrected.
+ (merge 17bd1108ea jk/ci-windows-meson-test-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Emulation code clean-up.
+ (merge 2367c6bcd6 gf/win32-pthread-cond-wait-err later to maint).
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
  (merge 46207a54cc qj/doc-http-bad-want-response later to maint).
  (merge df90eccd93 kh/doc-commit-extra-references later to maint).
+ (merge f18aa68861 rs/xmkstemp-simplify later to maint).

diff-algorithm-option.adoc

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+`--diff-algorithm=(patience|minimal|histogram|myers)`::
+ Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
++
+--
+`default`;
+`myers`;
+ The basic greedy diff algorithm. Currently, this is the default.
+`minimal`;
+ Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible diff is
+ produced.
+`patience`;
+ Use "patience diff" algorithm when generating patches.
+`histogram`;
+ This algorithm extends the patience algorithm to "support
+ low-occurrence common elements".
+--
++
+For instance, if you configured the `diff.algorithm` variable to a
+non-default value and want to use the default one, then you
+have to use `--diff-algorithm=default` option.

diff-options.adoc

@@ -197,26 +197,7 @@ and starts with _<text>_, this algorithm attempts to prevent it from
 appearing as a deletion or addition in the output. It uses the "patience
 diff" algorithm internally.
 
-`--diff-algorithm=(patience|minimal|histogram|myers)`::
- Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
-+
---
-`default`;
-`myers`;
- The basic greedy diff algorithm. Currently, this is the default.
-`minimal`;
- Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible diff is
- produced.
-`patience`;
- Use "patience diff" algorithm when generating patches.
-`histogram`;
- This algorithm extends the patience algorithm to "support
- low-occurrence common elements".
---
-+
-For instance, if you configured the `diff.algorithm` variable to a
-non-default value and want to use the default one, then you
-have to use `--diff-algorithm=default` option.
+include::diff-algorithm-option.adoc[]
 
 `--stat[=<width>[,<name-width>[,<count>]]]`::
  Generate a diffstat. By default, as much space as necessary

git-blame.adoc

@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ include::blame-options.adoc[]
  Ignore whitespace when comparing the parent's version and
  the child's to find where the lines came from.
 
+include::diff-algorithm-option.adoc[]
+
 --abbrev=<n>::
  Instead of using the default 7+1 hexadecimal digits as the
  abbreviated object name, use <m>+1 digits, where <m> is at

git-blame.html

@@ -765,6 +765,42 @@ <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
 <p>Ignore whitespace when comparing the parent&#8217;s version and
 the child&#8217;s to find where the lines came from.</p>
 </dd>
+<dtclass="hdlist1"><code>--diff-algorithm=</code>(<code>patience</code>|<code>minimal</code>|<code>histogram</code>|<code>myers</code>)</dt>
+<dd>
+<p>Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:</p>
+<divclass="openblock">
+<divclass="content">
+<divclass="dlist">
+<dl>
+<dtclass="hdlist1"><code>default</code></dt>
+<dtclass="hdlist1"><code>myers</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>The basic greedy diff algorithm. Currently, this is the default.</p>
+</dd>
+<dtclass="hdlist1"><code>minimal</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible diff is
+produced.</p>
+</dd>
+<dtclass="hdlist1"><code>patience</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>Use "patience diff" algorithm when generating patches.</p>
+</dd>
+<dtclass="hdlist1"><code>histogram</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>This algorithm extends the patience algorithm to "support
+low-occurrence common elements".</p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<divclass="paragraph">
+<p>For instance, if you configured the <code>diff.algorithm</code> variable to a
+non-default value and want to use the default one, then you
+have to use <code>--diff-algorithm=default</code> option.</p>
+</div>
+</dd>
 <dtclass="hdlist1">--abbrev=&lt;n&gt;</dt>
 <dd>
 <p>Instead of using the default 7+1 hexadecimal digits as the
@@ -1100,7 +1136,7 @@ <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
 </div>
 <divid="footer">
 <divid="footer-text">
-Last updated 2025-06-20 18:10:42 -0700
+Last updated 2025-11-26 11:15:27 -0800
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