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"git diff <blob> <blob>" was not documented and was only hinted as
an extension to "git diff <commit> <commit> -- <pathspec>", but
comparison between two blobs are more special than that.  It does
not take any pathspec to begin with.

* jc/doc-diff-blobs:
  Documentation: Describe "git diff <blob> <blob>" separately
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@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git diff' [options] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>
'git diff' [options] [--no-index] [--] <path> <path>
DESCRIPTION
@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ directories. This behavior can be forced by --no-index.
This is to view the changes between two arbitrary
<commit>.
'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>::
This form is to view the differences between the raw
contents of two blob objects.
'git diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
This is synonymous to the previous form. If <commit> on
@ -72,8 +78,7 @@ directories. This behavior can be forced by --no-index.
Just in case if you are doing something exotic, it should be
noted that all of the <commit> in the above description, except
in the last two forms that use ".." notations, can be any
<tree>. The third form ('git diff <commit> <commit>') can also
be used to compare two <blob> objects.
<tree>.
For a more complete list of ways to spell <commit>, see
"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].