Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > git diff is supposed to view the differences between "what would I > get after checkout" (i.e. what is in the index run through smudge filters) > compared to the actual worktree. I do not think it affects your conclusion, but the above is wrong. "git diff" is a preview of what you would add (i.e. what will be in the index after passing working tree contents via the clean filter) relative to what is actually in the index. -- 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