Re: [PATCH] diff: ensure consistent diff behavior with -I<regex> across output formats

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 4, 2025, 04:39 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqtt2nd7k6.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20250802102249.GA3738980@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> .... It affects all of raw, name-only,
> name-status, and checkdiff. I know Junio said that --raw should not be
> affected, but I'm not sure I agree.

I no longer am sure if I agree. I do not mind a raw entry that would show different object name for preimage and postimage for a path to be omitted when --ignore-whatever is passed and the blobs compare "equal" under the specified "ignore" criteria.

The behaviour sounds somewhat incoherent, but that is what the user, who passes both --raw and --ignore-whatever to the command at the same time, wants.

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