On September 9, 2024 2:40 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: ><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. Glad to. Can you point me at where this is generated?
