Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / diff-options.txt

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@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
        Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
        on-disk file to tree contents.
 
+--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.  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.