How to Taylor expand $\ln{(1-\exp(-i_t))}$ around $i$?

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My question here is how to Taylor expand around $i$ the function,

$$\ln{(1-\exp{(-i_t)})}.$$

How do I expand this to first order?

(Note: The variable $i_t$ is a time series variable and $i$ is its steady state.)