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Re: [PATCH] diff: disabled quick optimization with --find-copies-harder

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René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
Nov 9, 2025, 16:43 UTC
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On 11/9/25 3:18 PM, Phillip Wood wrote:
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> Stepping back a bit I'm confused as to why we don't disable rename
> and copy detection when "--quiet" is given. I can't see why
> detecting copies or renames would change the exit code but maybe I'm
> missing something.
Excellent question!  I also can't think of a reason.
René
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Message 6 of 15 in “diff --cached --no-ext-diff --find-copies-harder --quiet exits with wrong status code”
  1. D. Ben KnobleNov 8, 2025
  2. D. Ben KnobleNov 8, 2025
  3. D. Ben KnobleNov 8, 2025
  4. diff: disabled quick optimization with --find-copies-harderRené Scharfe, Nov 9, 2025
  5. Phillip WoodNov 9, 2025
  6. René ScharfeNov 9, 2025
  7. diff: disable rename detection with --quietRené Scharfe, Nov 9, 2025
  8. D. Ben KnobleNov 9, 2025
  9. René ScharfeNov 9, 2025
  10. D. Ben KnobleNov 10, 2025
  11. Phillip WoodNov 10, 2025
  12. Jeff KingNov 10, 2025
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2025
  14. René ScharfeNov 22, 2025
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2025

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