Re: [PATCH v2] Do not show "diff --git" metainfo with --no-prefix

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

So I do not think it's true that "--no-prefix" (or --src/dst-prefix) 
necessarily implies "no-git" at all. It *can* do so, but it's not a given 
thing, and almost certainly isn't in the long run with submodule support. 

So it would be kind of sad if we mixed it up with the prefix decision, 
when it really is something totally separate. Many other SCM's may want a 
simple "-p1" patch (BK did, for example), and that doesn't make them 
particularly "git-like". And conversely, git itself will want more than a 
simple "-p1" patch for subproject handling.

Ok.  That's a sensible argument.