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

Fixes: #58113 PR-URL: #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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@@ -3057,6 +3057,10 @@ Use `--watch-path` to specify what paths to watch.
3057	3057	This flag cannot be combined with
3058	3058	`--check`, `--eval`, `--interactive`, or the REPL.
3059	3059
	3060	+ Note: The `--watch` flag requires a file path as an argument and is incompatible
	3061	+ with `--run` or inline script input, as `--run` takes precedence and ignores watch
	3062	+ mode. If no file is provided, Node.js will exit with status code `9`.
	3063	+
3060	3064	```bash
3061	3065	node --watch index.js
3062	3066	```
@@ -3082,6 +3086,9 @@ combination with `--watch`.
3082	3086	This flag cannot be combined with
3083	3087	`--check`, `--eval`, `--interactive`, `--test`, or the REPL.
3084	3088
	3089	+ Note: Using `--watch-path` implicitly enables `--watch`, which requires a file path
	3090	+ and is incompatible with `--run`, as `--run` takes precedence and ignores watch mode.
	3091	+
3085	3092	```bash
3086	3093	node --watch-path=./src --watch-path=./tests index.js
3087	3094	```

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