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@@ -859,12 +859,18 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
Do not show any source or destination prefix.
`--default-prefix`::
+ifdef::git-format-patch[]
Use the default source and destination prefixes ("a/" and "b/").
- This overrides configuration variables such as
-ifndef::git-format-patch[`diff.noprefix`,]
-ifdef::git-format-patch[`format.noprefix`,]
+ This overrides configuration variables such as `format.noprefix`,
`diff.srcPrefix`, `diff.dstPrefix`, and `diff.mnemonicPrefix`
(see linkgit:git-config[1]).
+endif::git-format-patch[]
+ifndef::git-format-patch[]
+ Use the default source and destination prefixes ("a/" and "b/").
+ This overrides configuration variables such as `diff.noprefix`,
+ `diff.srcPrefix`, `diff.dstPrefix`, and `diff.mnemonicPrefix`
+ (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
+endif::git-format-patch[]
`--line-prefix=<prefix>`::
Prepend an additional _<prefix>_ to every line of output.