Hello, I have spotted a problem using 'git diff' when non ascii characters are involved. Not sure if the problem is due to the name of the file, or its content. Cheers, Giulio Cesare Steps to reproduce the problem: $ sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.9.4 BuildVersion: 13E28 $ git --version git version 1.8.5.2 (Apple Git-48) $ mkdir test $ cd test $ echo prova > tèst.md $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/test/.git/ $ git add * $ git commit -m "first commit" [master (root-commit) ebbe2a3] first commit 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 "t\303\250st.md" $ echo provà > tèst.md $ git status On branch master Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) modified: "t\303\250st.md" no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") $ git diff tèst.md $ -- 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