4 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/diff-files.c b/builtin/diff-files.c
index 8ed2eb8813..15c61fd8d1 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-files.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-files.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ int cmd_diff_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	gitmodules_config();
 	git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL); /* no "diff" UI options */
 	rev.abbrev = 0;
+	precompose_argv(argc, argv);
 
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, NULL);
 	while (1 < argc && argv[1][0] == '-') {
diff --git a/builtin/diff-index.c b/builtin/diff-index.c
index d979824f93..1af373d002 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-index.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-index.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ int cmd_diff_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	gitmodules_config();
 	git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL); /* no "diff" UI options */
 	rev.abbrev = 0;
+	precompose_argv(argc, argv);
 
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, NULL);
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
diff --git a/builtin/diff-tree.c b/builtin/diff-tree.c
index 2a12b81e06..806dd7a885 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-tree.c
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ int cmd_diff_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	opt->disable_stdin = 1;
 	memset(&s_r_opt, 0, sizeof(s_r_opt));
 	s_r_opt.tweak = diff_tree_tweak_rev;
+
+	precompose_argv(argc, argv);
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, opt, &s_r_opt);
 
 	while (--argc > 0) {
diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 343c6b8f25..b7a9405d9f 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		gitmodules_config();
 	init_diff_ui_defaults();
 	git_config(git_diff_ui_config, NULL);
+	precompose_argv(argc, argv);
 
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);