If sha1's are equal, then there's no point in performing the diff. In a very unscientific test: git init && dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1M count=30 | hexdump >file1 && git add file1 && git commit -m 'add file' && git mv file1 file1-moved && chmod +x file1-moved && command time git diff --stat (before) git diff --stat 2.00s user 0.31s system 99% cpu 2.323 total (after) git diff --stat 0.80s user 0.10s system 98% cpu 0.913 total Signed-off-by: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@xxxxxxxxx> --- diff.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c index 6eb2946..7cb9893 100644 --- a/diff.c +++ b/diff.c @@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ static void builtin_diffstat(const char *name_a, const char *name_b, data->added = count_lines(two->data, two->size); } - else { + else if (!data->is_unchanged) { /* Crazy xdl interfaces.. */ xpparam_t xpp; xdemitconf_t xecfg; -- 1.7.10.539.g288dd -- 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