Re: [PATCH] diff: stop output garbled message in dry run mode

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> > 
> > On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 09:11:34AM +0800, Lidong Yan wrote:
> > 
> >>> Test that exercises "git diff -I<regex>" is in line with what the
> >>> original b55e6d36eb wanted to address, but given that we saw a
> >>> recent regression report like [*], I would have liked to see "git
> >>> diff --quiet" in the test as well.
> >> 
> >> I will read Peff’s test and see if I should also add some similar tests
> > 
> > What I was hoping was that we'd apply my patch, as a matter of release
> > engineering (backing out the regression-causing bit of b55e6d36eb). And
> > then you could make more-specific fixes on top (since -I would still
> > have potential problems). And then you don't need to add a test for the
> > regression case, since it's already there.
> > 
> > -Peff
> 
> Sorry I sent my patch before I noticed this message.