Jeff King <p...@peff.net> 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.
