Re: confusion with git diff-tree output

David Roundy [off-list ref] wrote:

You're right.  I figured I must be overlooking something obvious, and
that was it.  What surprised me was that -p implies -r, which is not
documented.  Since the -p output was recursive, I incorrectly presumed
that this was the default.

I suppose that's because you can't really display the diff for a
directory in any meaningful way other than recursing.

Jan