{"version":"2.1.238","anchor":"diffs-are-no-longer-truncated-when-run-from-a-subdirectory","canonical_anchor":"diffs-are-no-longer-truncated-when-run-from-a-subdirectory","heading":"Diffs are no longer truncated when run from a subdirectory","tier":"notice","area":"Git Integration","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.238\/e\/diffs-are-no-longer-truncated-when-run-from-a-subdirectory","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.238","markdown":"### Diffs are no longer truncated when run from a subdirectory\n\nDiffs read from a subdirectory are no longer shortened by your git diff.relative setting.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code now forces `diff.relative=false` when it runs git diff, so a `diff.relative=true` setting in your git config no longer shortens or limits the paths in diffs Claude reads while working from a subdirectory.\n\n**Details**\n\n- The option is inserted before the `diff` subcommand, unconditionally on that path.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`\"--no-optional-locks\", \"-c\", \"diff.relative=false\", \"diff\"`\n\n- Area: Git Integration\n- Names: `diff.relative`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}