From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 04:39:21 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff: ensure consistent diff behavior with -I<regex> across output formats
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.