The code for combined diffs doesn't currently support ignoring changes that match a regex. Abort and report that fact instead of running into a segfault. Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- combine-diff.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/combine-diff.c b/combine-diff.c index b724f02123..11df1d7f39 100644 --- a/combine-diff.c +++ b/combine-diff.c @@ -1498,6 +1498,10 @@ void diff_tree_combined(const struct object_id *oid, int i, num_paths, needsep, show_log_first, num_parent = parents->nr; int need_generic_pathscan; + if (opt->ignore_regex_nr) + die("combined diff and '%s' cannot be used together", + "--ignore-matching-lines"); + /* nothing to do, if no parents */ if (!num_parent) return; -- 2.36.1