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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 286c30c01a..8dc5b001c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -170,10 +170,13 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or on-disk file to tree contents. ---relative:: +--relative[=<path>]:: When run from a subdirectory of the project, it can be told to exclude changes outside the directory and show - pathnames relative to it with this option. + pathnames relative to it with this option. When you are + not in a subdirectory (e.g. in a bare repository), you + can name which subdirectory to make the output relative + to by giving a <path> as an argument. --text:: Treat all files as text. |