On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 12:22:25PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jeff King <[email protected]> writes: > > > I think you are right that diff-index could work, though. I always > > forget that without "--cached", diff-index looks at the working tree > > files. > > I'll reword the log message while queuing. It was super surprising > to me to hear that there was something "git diff" did that three > "git diff-*" plumbing brothers couldn't do at the basic "what to > compare with what" level, as I wrote all four ;-)
Oops, our emails just crossed; I just sent a revised patch. I know there are a few cases that git-diff can handle that the others can't, but I think they are all direct blob-to-blob comparisons. -Peff
