Document review scope selection#533
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Users cannot see how to select working-tree or branch review scope from the README even though both review commands support it.
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--scope auto|working-tree|branchoption.autochooses a target and what the explicit scopes include.--base <ref>takes precedence and selects branch review.Expected and actual
--base,--wait, and--background, but omitted--scopeand its selection behavior.Validation
node --test tests/commands.test.mjs: 8 passednode --test tests/*.test.mjs: 91 passedgit diff --check: cleanActual screenshots
README diff — actual terminal output
Focused validation — actual terminal output