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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 9d1586b956..743af97b06 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -469,6 +469,12 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] + Also, these upper-case letters can be downcased to exclude. E.g. `--diff-filter=ad` excludes added and deleted paths. ++ +Note that not all diffs can feature all types. For instance, diffs +from the index to the working tree can never have Added entries +(because the set of paths included in the diff is limited by what is in +the index). Similarly, copied and renamed entries cannot appear if +detection for those types is disabled. -S<string>:: Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of |