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

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> 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