From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:58:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff-lib: ignore all outsider if --relative asked
Message-ID: <xmqqsfz52wyf.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAPUEspg+LUP59DJ+Z-AqKW0hfz=AbMfvOTFLe1rT5g5auV7gdA@mail.gmail.com>

Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com> writes:

> My only concern is that it seems this has been broken for a while
> (couldn't bisect, but AFAIK the first implementation did filter like
> this one does), so some people might be expecting the broken
> behaviour.

I do not think it is likely.

It only shows changes to unmerged paths outside the current
directory, which does not sound all that useful.