Merge branch 'jc/doc-diff-filter-exclude' into maint

Belated doc update for a feature added in v1.8.5. * jc/doc-diff-filter-exclude: diff: document diff-filter exclusion
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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
 	paths are selected if there is any file that matches
 	other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file
 	that matches other criteria, nothing is selected.
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+Also, these upper-case letters can be downcased to exclude.  E.g.
+`--diff-filter=ad` excludes added and deleted paths.
 
 -S<string>::
 	Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of