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[PATCH 1/2] diff: document behavior of relative diff.orderFile

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RHRichard Hansen <hansenr@google.com>
Date
Jan 10, 2017, 00:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20170110004031.57985-2-hansenr@google.com>
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<20170110004031.57985-1-hansenr@google.com>

Document that a relative pathname for diff.orderFile is interpreted as relative to the top-level work directory.

Signed-off-by: Richard Hansen <hansenr@google.com>
---
 Documentation/diff-config.txt | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index 58f4bd6af..875212045 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ diff.noprefix::
 diff.orderFile::
 	File indicating how to order files within a diff, using
 	one shell glob pattern per line.
+	If `diff.orderFile` is a relative pathname, it is treated as
+	relative to the top of the work tree.
 	Can be overridden by the '-O' option to linkgit:git-diff[1].
 
 diff.renameLimit::
-- 
2.11.0.390.gc69c2f50cf-goog
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  3. Jeff KingJan 10, 2017
  4. Richard HansenJan 10, 2017
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  9. Jeff KingJan 11, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2017
  11. 2/2 diff: document the pattern format for diff.orderFileRichard Hansen, Jan 10, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2017
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  15. Richard HansenJan 11, 2017
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  19. 0/2 diff orderfile documentation improvementsRichard Hansen, Jan 11, 2017
  20. 1/2 diff: document behavior of relative diff.orderFileRichard Hansen, Jan 11, 2017
  21. 2/2 diff: document the format of the -O (diff.orderFile) fileRichard Hansen, Jan 11, 2017
  22. 0/2 diff orderfile documentation improvementsRichard Hansen, Jan 15, 2017
  23. 1/2 diff: document behavior of relative diff.orderFileRichard Hansen, Jan 15, 2017
  24. 2/2 diff: document the format of the -O (diff.orderFile) fileRichard Hansen, Jan 15, 2017

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