On 2012-11-26 21:54, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Peter Oberndorfer <kumbayo84@xxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Does anybody have a idea which git command would output the diff >> of a untracked file against /dev/null? > The "--no-index" option is meant as a bolt-on to let you use various > features of "git diff" that is missing from other people's "diff" in > a context where git does not know anything about that file. It > should be usable even outside a git repository. > > $ git diff --no-index /dev/null new-file.txt > > I do not know offhand (and didn't bother to check) if textconv > applies, though. It does need access to a git repository as it > reads from the $GIT_DIR/config to learn what to do. Hi, this seems to work when adding the --textconv option. I will try to see if I can modify git gui to use this command when clicking a unstaged file. Thanks, Greetings Peter -- 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