Subject: [PATCH 4/4] doc: note that -L supports patch formatting and pickaxe options

From: "Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:02:18 +0000

From: Michael Montalbo <[email-masked]>

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 <[email-masked]>
---
 Documentation/line-range-options.adoc | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-options.adoc b/Documentation/line-range-options.adoc
index c44ba05320..aa236281b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/line-range-options.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/line-range-options.adoc
@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@
 	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.
++
+	Patch formatting options such as `--word-diff`, `--color-moved`,
+	`--no-prefix`, and whitespace options (`-w`, `-b`) are supported,
+	as are pickaxe options (`-S`, `-G`).
 +
 include::line-range-format.adoc[]
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