1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index 375a0d3302..2e51f408f9 100644
--- a/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/builtin-diff.c
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ static int builtin_diff_b_f(struct rev_info *revs,
 		usage(builtin_diff_usage);
 
 	if (lstat(path, &st))
-		die("'%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
+		die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", path);
 	if (!(S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)))
 		die("'%s': not a regular file or symlink", path);
 
+	diff_set_mnemonic_prefix(&revs->diffopt, "o/", "w/");
+
 	if (blob[0].mode == S_IFINVALID)
 		blob[0].mode = canon_mode(st.st_mode);
 
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_index(struct rev_info *revs,
 	int cached = 0;
 	while (1 < argc) {
 		const char *arg = argv[1];
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached"))
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached") || !strcmp(arg, "--staged"))
 			cached = 1;
 		else
 			usage(builtin_diff_usage);
@@ -132,8 +134,8 @@ static int builtin_diff_index(struct rev_info *revs,
 	    revs->max_count != -1 || revs->min_age != -1 ||
 	    revs->max_age != -1)
 		usage(builtin_diff_usage);
-	if (read_cache() < 0) {
-		perror("read_cache");
+	if (read_cache_preload(revs->diffopt.paths) < 0) {
+		perror("read_cache_preload");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	return run_diff_index(revs, cached);
@@ -232,8 +234,8 @@ static int builtin_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv
 		revs->combine_merges = revs->dense_combined_merges = 1;
 
 	setup_work_tree();
-	if (read_cache() < 0) {
-		perror("read_cache");
+	if (read_cache_preload(revs->diffopt.paths) < 0) {
+		perror("read_cache_preload");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	result = run_diff_files(revs, options);
@@ -288,8 +290,9 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	/* Otherwise, we are doing the usual "git" diff */
 	rev.diffopt.skip_stat_unmatch = !!diff_auto_refresh_index;
 
-	/* Default to let external be used */
+	/* Default to let external and textconv be used */
 	DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, ALLOW_EXTERNAL);
+	DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, ALLOW_TEXTCONV);
 
 	if (nongit)
 		die("Not a git repository");
@@ -320,7 +323,8 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			const char *arg = argv[i];
 			if (!strcmp(arg, "--"))
 				break;
-			else if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached")) {
+			else if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached") ||
+				 !strcmp(arg, "--staged")) {
 				add_head_to_pending(&rev);
 				if (!rev.pending.nr)
 					die("No HEAD commit to compare with (yet)");