Shawn Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > git-diff Makefile > git-diff HEAD Makefile > > ? (Which is rather ugly as what if you have a tracked file actually > called HEAD and you want the first form when the commit-ish is > omitted.) So accepting an optional commit-ish before the filename > would be in line with what git-diff accepts today. The use of "start of filelist" marker "--" is optional when unambiguous, and that is why "git-diff Makefile" works. To view the change you still haven't update-index'ed to the path called "HEAD", you would naturally say "git-diff -- HEAD" - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html