(git) diff output relative path?

Question

I need to get some diffs in my repo that are not relative to the base of the repo, but instead relative to a given base or given path.

By default I get:

Answer 1

git diff prints paths (of changed files) from the root of the repo - no matter where you are when executing the command.

git diff --relative will print paths from the dir you are in.

So if you need paths not starting from the repo-root move down (cd) to the directory (within your repo tree) where you with your paths to start from.