Merge branch 'jc/git-log-doc'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 8fd0fc62368611bee25b4bbc3becef853937ff2c..b0cb6bc8b74158f3c9012b6f2d0f10f8f9e5bae9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ OUTPUT
 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
 template comments, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
 
+The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are
+made relative to the current directory, if you are working in a
+subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting).
+
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------