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doc: clarify behavior of --watch-path and --watch flags

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Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/58113
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/58136
Reviewed-By: Juan José Arboleda <soyjuanarbol@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tierney Cyren <hello@bnb.im>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ulises Gascón <ulisesgascongonzalez@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Tierney Cyren <accounts@bnb.im>
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@@ -3080,6 +3080,10 @@ Use `--watch-path` to specify what paths to watch.
This flag cannot be combined with
`--check`, `--eval`, `--interactive`, or the REPL.
Note: The `--watch` flag requires a file path as an argument and is incompatible
with `--run` or inline script input, as `--run` takes precedence and ignores watch
mode. If no file is provided, Node.js will exit with status code `9`.
```bash
node --watch index.js
```
@@ -3107,6 +3111,9 @@ combination with `--watch`.
This flag cannot be combined with
`--check`, `--eval`, `--interactive`, `--test`, or the REPL.
Note: Using `--watch-path` implicitly enables `--watch`, which requires a file path
and is incompatible with `--run`, as `--run` takes precedence and ignores watch mode.
```bash
node --watch-path=./src --watch-path=./tests index.js
```