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Merge branch 'mg/doc-word-diff-example' into maint

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* mg/doc-word-diff-example:
  Documentation/diff: give --word-diff-regex=. example
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@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ expression to make sure that it matches all non-whitespace characters.
A match that contains a newline is silently truncated(!) at the
newline.
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For example, `--word-diff-regex=.` will treat each character as a word
and, correspondingly, show differences character by character.
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The regex can also be set via a diff driver or configuration option, see
linkgit:gitattributes[1] or linkgit:git-config[1]. Giving it explicitly
overrides any diff driver or configuration setting. Diff drivers