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@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ OPTIONS
-c::
--compute::
- Differential computation selection - delta,ratio,wdiff (default is delta).
- See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info.
+ Differential computation selection - delta, ratio, wdiff, delta-abs
+ (default is delta-abs). Default can be changed using diff.compute
+ config option. See COMPARISON METHODS section for more info.
-p::
--period::
@@ -99,7 +100,11 @@ OPTIONS
-o::
--order::
- Specify compute sorting column number.
+ Specify compute sorting column number. 0 means sorting by baseline
+ overhead and 1 (default) means sorting by computed value of column 1
+ (data from the first file other base baseline). Values more than 1
+ can be used only if enough data files are provided.
+ The default value can be set using the diff.order config option.
--percentage::
Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries.
@@ -181,6 +186,10 @@ with:
relative to how entries are filtered. Use --percentage=absolute to
prevent such fluctuation.
+delta-abs
+~~~~~~~~~
+Same as 'delta` method, but sort the result with the absolute values.
+
ratio
~~~~~
If specified the 'Ratio' column is displayed with value 'r' computed as: