Hello, In a recent patch set I prepared, I placed the names of the more relevant files at the front of the list given to "git-diff". So I was surprised to see diff output in which the blocks of output are sorted by file name. The parts I'd tried to put at the "top" ended up being buried in the latter part of the patch. Here's a small test case: mkdir d && cd d && touch x y && git-init-db git-add x y && git-commit -m. x y echo a > x && echo a > y git-diff y x|grep '^d' I expected this git-diff output, with "y's" diff first: diff --git a/y b/y diff --git a/x b/x but got this, where x's come first: diff --git a/x b/x diff --git a/y b/y I know about the -O<orderfile> option, and it can make git-diff do what I want, but only if I first create a separate file containing the names that I'm already providing to git-diff in the very same order. Is there an easier way? If not, would you be amenable to a new option enabling this behavior without requiring a temporary file? Jim - To unsubscribe from this list: 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