On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hmph, interesting. "outside a repository" is the key, it seems. Well, you can do it inside a repository too, but then you need to use the "--no-index" flag to get the "diff two files" behavior. It will result in the same infinite error messages. Linus -- 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