Merge branch 'jc/makefile'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 1a78635fbae314e5b6bc02571b573c4bfdba5e29..8dc5b001c42376be1b9f814d516ea43f5c711071 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -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.
 
@@ -205,8 +213,8 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 --ext-diff::
        Allow an external diff helper to be executed. If you set an
-       external diff driver with gitlink:gitattributes[5], you need
-       to use this option with gitlink:git-log[1] and friends.
+       external diff driver with linkgit:gitattributes[5], you need
+       to use this option with linkgit:git-log[1] and friends.
 
 --no-ext-diff::
        Disallow external diff drivers.