Does these two commands output the same content except displaying format? Follwoing is my test $ git diff-index --raw HEAD :160000 000000 ad1e416e87dc02617de68c41bb18e5abf0e24729 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 D WordBreak :160000 160000 34f279b1662a6bef6a8fdea1827bbdbd80f12444 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 M commonmake :160000 100644 c517f783d9efb5a8d24f80fb67f644a39afec2a6 e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 T util $ git diff --raw HEAD :160000 000000 ad1e416e87dc02617de68c41bb18e5abf0e24729 0000000... D WordBreak :160000 160000 34f279b1662a6bef6a8fdea1827bbdbd80f12444 c1f46b3f10cc041e196c388490ddb049dacc7dc0 M commonmake :160000 100644 c517f783d9efb5a8d24f80fb67f644a39afec2a6 e69de29... T util Strange things is this line :160000 160000 34f279b1662a6bef6a8fdea1827bbdbd80f12444 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 M commonmake why mod is 160000 while sha1 is 0000... -- Ping Yin -- 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