Re: [PATCH v5] diff: add config option relative

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 18, 2020, 20:37 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo8ql0yjg.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200518191205.GA1999@danh.dev>

Đoàn Trần Công Danh  <congdanhqx@gmail.com> writes:

> We don't document --relative for git-format-patch, the --relative
> documentation is placed under the guard, for that matter:

Yup, since it does not make much sense or "diff.relative" for that matter in the context of the "format-patch". In the same sense, -R makes little sense, so sane people would not want to read about the option in the documentation, I would think.

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> ifndef::git-format-patch[]
> -R::
>         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