Hi, Thomas Gummerer wrote: > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks, and sorry for the slow follow-up. [...] > --- a/builtin/diff.c > +++ b/builtin/diff.c > @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ [...] > @@ -283,14 +286,57 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > * Other cases are errors. > */ > > + /* Were we asked to do --no-index explicitly? */ > + for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) { > + if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) { > + i++; > + break; > + } > + if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--no-index")) > + no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_EXPLICIT; Neat. [...] > + /* > + * Treat git diff with at least one path outside of the > + * repo the same as if the command would have been executed > + * outside of a git repository. In this case it behaves > + * the same way as "git diff --no-index <a> <b>", which acts > + * as a colourful "diff" replacement. > + */ > + if (nongit || ((argc == i + 2) && > + (!path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i]) || > + !path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i + 1])))) > + no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT; What happens if I run 'git diff --no-index /tmp git.c git.c' from within a git repository? With this, I fear I will get Not a git repository To compare two paths outside a working tree: usage: git diff [--no-index] <path> <path> instead of the expected usage: git diff --no-index <path> <path> Something like if (no_index) ; else if (nongit) no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT; else if (argc != i + 2) ; else if (!path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i]) || !path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i + 1])) no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT; should work. Or: if (!no_index) { /* * Treat git diff with ... */ if (nongit || ...) no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT; } Or the '!no_index &&' condition inserted some other way. > - /* If this is a no-index diff, just run it and exit there. */ > - diff_no_index(&rev, argc, argv, nongit, prefix); > + if (no_index) { > + if (argc != i + 2) { [...] > + /* Give the usage message for non-repository usage and exit. */ > + usagef("git diff %s <path> <path>", > + no_index == DIFF_NO_INDEX_EXPLICIT ? > + "--no-index" : "[--no-index]"); > + > + } > + /* If this is a no-index diff, just run it and exit there. */ > + diff_no_index(&rev, argc, argv, prefix); > + } Perhaps, to avoid some nesting: /* A no-index diff takes exactly two path arguments. */ if (no_index && argc != i + 2) { ... usagef(...); } if (no_index) /* Just run the diff and exit. */ diff_no_index(...); Jonathan -- 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