Re: [PATCH] diff: resurrect the traditional empty "diff --git" behaviour

> On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Jeff King wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 01:13:42PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> > If you set diff.autorefreshindex configuration variable, it
>> > squelches the empty "diff --git" output, and at the end of the
>> > command, it automatically runs "update-index --refresh" without
>> > even bothering the user.  In other words, with the configuration
>> > variable set, people who do not care about the cache-dirtyness
>> > do not even have to see the warning.
>> 
>> Nice. This is much more sane behavior, IMHO, and I think it should make 
>> everyone happy.
>
> I could even imagine that this will eventually become the standard 
> behaviour.