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using git-diff as a diff replacement?

From
Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 24, 2016, 22:21 UTC
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Hey,

I know that running "git diff <path> <path>" when outside a git project will result in a normal diff being run. I happen to prefer the diff algorithm and diff output of "git diff" but there does not seem to be a way to have this behavior from within a git tree.

Is there a way to pass an option to git-diff which will result in strict file comparison?

Thanks, Jake

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