<rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>error: unknown option `cached' >>usage: git diff --no-index [<options>] <path> <path> [...] > ... > Because you are not in a git repository clone, the --cached option has no > meaning. Yes. "git diff" unfortunately has a mode where a limited subset of its features is available and that is called the "--no-index" mode. Because the command is capable of working outside a repository, "You are not in a repository" is a not a good error message in this situation, either. It is not that you stepped outside a repository that is your error. It is not that you used "--cached" that is your error, either. You used "--cached" outside a repository, that is where your error is. A patch to improve the error messages in such a situation is certainly welcome. Thanks.
