Re: Misleading documentation for git-diff-files (diff-filter)

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Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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.

Makes sense; thanks.



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