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

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> You sound as if you _like_ that behaviour...