doc: note that -L supports patch formatting and pickaxe options

Now that -L output flows through the standard diff pipeline,
document that patch formatting options like --word-diff,
--color-moved, --no-prefix, whitespace handling (-w, -b),
and pickaxe options (-S, -G) are supported.

Signed-off-by: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Michael Montalbo
2026-03-07 01:02:18 +00:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 45dc576aba
commit 09138ccff0

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Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
(namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
`--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
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Patch formatting options such as `--word-diff`, `--color-moved`,
`--no-prefix`, and whitespace options (`-w`, `-b`) are supported,
as are pickaxe options (`-S`, `-G`).
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include::line-range-format.adoc[]