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>

Michael Montalbo committed Mar 17, 2026 at 02:21 UTC 512536a09ea2964e93226f219898ee0a09d85a70
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Documentation/line-range-options.adoc
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12 (namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
13 `--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
14 +
15 +Patch formatting options such as `--word-diff`, `--color-moved`,
16 +`--no-prefix`, and whitespace options (`-w`, `-b`) are supported,
17 +as are pickaxe options (`-S`, `-G`).
18 ++
19 include::line-range-format.adoc[]