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I have configured git diff to be a command that calls substitute diff for viewing file differences i.e /usr/bin/vim -dR "$2" "$3" and that doesn't work when I want to create a patch using git diff > patchfile.

Is there a way to invoke directly git's own built in diff without disabling the subsitute diff I use for visual compares?

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    If you want a patch, there's git format-patch. No need to misuse git diff. Commented Feb 27, 2024 at 1:52
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    --no-ext-diff Commented Feb 27, 2024 at 12:25
  • @Guildenstern Who would have thought? Will you make it into an answer? Commented Feb 27, 2024 at 18:19

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Reset to default
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git diff --no-ext-diff

In general look for a --no-thing option for turning whatever --thing off. git(1) has a lot of those. Good for conveniently turning off defaults. Sometimes they’re documented together as --[no-]thing and sometimes separately in the man pages.

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