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doc: point to diff attribute in patch format docs

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From the documentation for generating patch text with diff-related
commands, refer to the documentation for the diff attribute.

This attribute influences the way that patches are generated, but this
was previously not mentioned in e.g., the git-diff manpage.

Signed-off-by: Peter Oliver <git@mavit.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ linkgit:git-diff-files[1]
with the `-p` option produces patch text.
You can customize the creation of patch text via the
`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables
(see linkgit:git[1]).
(see linkgit:git[1]), and the `diff` attribute (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional
diff format:
@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ separate lines indicate the old and the new mode.
rename from b
rename to a
5. Hunk headers mention the name of the function to which the hunk
applies. See "Defining a custom hunk-header" in
linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details of how to tailor to this to
specific languages.
Combined diff format
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