using git-diff as a diff replacement?

Hey,

I know that running "git diff <path> <path>" when outside a git
project will result in a normal diff being run. I happen to prefer the
diff algorithm and diff output of "git diff" but there does not seem
to be a way to have this behavior from within a git tree.

Is there a way to pass an option to git-diff which will result in
strict file comparison?

Thanks,
Jake

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:21 AM, Jacob Keller [off-list ref] wrote:

Hey,

I know that running "git diff <path> <path>" when outside a git
project will result in a normal diff being run. I happen to prefer the
diff algorithm and diff output of "git diff" but there does not seem
to be a way to have this behavior from within a git tree.

git diff --no-index <path> <path>

?
-- 
Duy

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Duy Nguyen [off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:21 AM, Jacob Keller [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Hey,

I know that running "git diff <path> <path>" when outside a git
project will result in a normal diff being run. I happen to prefer the
diff algorithm and diff output of "git diff" but there does not seem
to be a way to have this behavior from within a git tree.

git diff --no-index <path> <path>

?
--
Duy

Yep thanks.. I swear I did git help diff, but I guess I am blind. This
does what I want, and I had my shell alias diff so I don't forget :D

Thanks,
Jake