docs(diff): lose incorrect claim about diff-files --diff-filter=A

Originally, before we had `--intent-to-add`, there was no way that `git
diff-files` could see added files: if a file did not exist in the index,
`git diff-files` would not show it because it looks only at worktree
files when there is an index entry at the same path.

We used this example in the documentation of the diff options to explain
that not every `--diff-filter=<option>` has an effect in all scenarios.

Even when we added `--intent-to-add`, the comment was still correct,
because initially we showed such files as modified instead of added.

However, when that bug was fixed in feea6946a5 (diff-files: treat
"i-t-a" files as "not-in-index", 2020-06-20), the comment in the
documentation became incorrect.

Let's just remove it.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Johannes Schindelin 2022-01-28 12:02:48 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 89bece5c8c
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@ -616,11 +616,8 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
Also, these upper-case letters can be downcased to exclude. E.g.
`--diff-filter=ad` excludes added and deleted paths.
+
Note that not all diffs can feature all types. For instance, diffs
from the index to the working tree can never have Added entries
(because the set of paths included in the diff is limited by what is in
the index). Similarly, copied and renamed entries cannot appear if
detection for those types is disabled.
Note that not all diffs can feature all types. For instance, copied and
renamed entries cannot appear if detection for those types is disabled.
-S<string>::
Look for differences that change the number of occurrences of