{"version":"2.1.222","anchor":"git-diffs-ignore-external-diff-drivers-and-textconv-filters","canonical_anchor":"git-diffs-ignore-external-diff-drivers-and-textconv-filters","heading":"Git diffs ignore external diff drivers and textconv filters","tier":"notice","area":"Git","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.222\/e\/git-diffs-ignore-external-diff-drivers-and-textconv-filters","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.222","markdown":"### Git diffs ignore external diff drivers and textconv filters\n\nDiffs now ignore your repo's custom diff drivers, so Claude sees the real file contents.\n\n**What**\n\nDiff reads now pass `--no-ext-diff` and `--no-textconv`, so a repo's own git configuration cannot change the content Claude sees when computing patches.\n\n**Details**\n\n- New exported constant `RAW_BLOB_DIFF_FLAGS = [\"--no-ext-diff\", \"--no-textconv\"]`.\n- Spread into the `git diff` invocations used for whole patches and per-file hunks.\n- Includes the `--no-optional-locks diff` calls, which previously passed no such flags.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`RAW_BLOB_DIFF_FLAGS`\n\n- Area: Git\n- Names: `--no-ext-diff`, `--no-textconv`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5"}