At least in version 1.5.4.2, git-diff silently fails when not run inside a repository. It should give an error diagnostic, especially since "no output" would otherwise be a meaningful response. I think there are other git programs that have this problem as well. Mike -- 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