Hi, git difftool and git diff behave differently for option -I. Repro steps: 1. Add a line with "text" into a file (without the quotes) 2. Run git diff -I"text" 3. Observe that no output is returned 4. Run git difftool -I"text" 5. Observe that the assigned diff tool is opened with the change including "text". Expected: In step 5, no diff is shown. My expectation is based on three things: 1. -S and -G options behave the same for `git diff` and `git difftool`. 2. Quote from https://git-scm.com/docs/git-difftool "See git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options." It implies that all `git diff` options are inherited to `git difftool`. 3. It looks like the command is attempting to parse the option so it is not completely ignored. If I make the regex malformed, e.g. git difftool -I"*text" I get back: error: invalid regex given to -I: '*text' StackOverflow post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66574689/git-difftool-with-i-option Versions tested: Windows: git version 2.30.0.windows.1 Ubuntu: git version 2.30.2 Thanks, Mustafa