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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.