# How do I make 'git diff --no-index' follow symlinks? 3 messages from 2017-03-18 to 2017-03-18. Participants: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Junio C Hamano, Dennis Kaarsemaker. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/45423 ## Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, 2017-03-18 17:55 Subject: How do I make 'git diff --no-index' follow symlinks? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACBZZX6Bknimu26in8YG7TbsL3hEpmXTYwQAZQ5xK-DFoSatEg%40mail.gmail.com ``` I'd like to (ab)use git's nice diff interface and make this work: git --no-pager diff --no-index <(echo foo) <(echo bar) It just prints: -pipe:[203030063] +pipe:[203030065] But I want: $ diff -u0 <(echo foo) <(echo bar)|tail -n 2 -foo +bar I went diving through the diff code for a bit, but couldn't find where it's stat()-ing the two files and deciding it's not going to follow symlinks. Just having some option to follow symlinks would make this work. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2017-03-18 19:30 Subject: Re: How do I make 'git diff --no-index' follow symlinks? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqk27m1ixf.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Sounds like https://public-inbox.org/git/20161111201958.2175-1-dennis@kaarsemaker.net/ to me. A key message in the thread may be: https://public-inbox.org/git/alpine.DEB.2.20.1611121106110.3746@virtualbox/ ``` ## Dennis Kaarsemaker, 2017-03-18 22:54 Subject: Re: How do I make 'git diff --no-index' follow symlinks? Message-ID: <1489877673.24742.1.camel@kaarsemaker.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1489877673.24742.1.camel%40kaarsemaker.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Sat, 2017-03-18 at 12:30 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Sounds like > > https://public-inbox.org/git/20161111201958.2175-1-dennis@kaarsemaker.net/ > > to me. A key message in the thread may be: > > https://public-inbox.org/git/alpine.DEB.2.20.1611121106110.3746@virtualbox/ Sorry for the delay in sending v3. I've had a serious case of Lennonitis (Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans). D. ```