hi, the man branch of git.git contains the following lines in git-diff.1: EXAMPLES Various ways to check your working tree $ git diff (1) $ git diff --cached (2) $ git diff HEAD (3) 1. changes in the working tree not yet staged for the next commit. 2. changes between the index and your last commit; what you would be committing if you run "git commit" without "-a" option. 3. changes in the working tree since your last commit; what you would be committing if you run "git commit -a" when building the manpages myself i get the followings: EXAMPLES Various ways to check your working tree $ git diff \fB(1)\fR $ git diff --cached \fB(2)\fR $ git diff HEAD \fB(3)\fR .sp \fB1. \fRchanges in the working tree not yet staged for the next commit. .br \fB2. \fRchanges between the index and your last commit; what you would be committing if you run "git commit" without "-a" option. .br \fB3. \fRchanges in the working tree since your last commit; what you would be committing if you run "git commit -a" .br what can be the problem? i have asciidoc-8.2.2 and docbook-xml 4.2 installed. i'm building with ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease. if i missed any required info, please mention :) thanks, - VMiklos