The several git diff invocations used for change-summary telemetry, numstat, shortstat, and hunk diffing, now share a common flag array instead of each repeating --no-optional-locks -c diff.relative=false diff inline. Behavior is unchanged.
Git diff stat/numstat calls consolidated onto a shared flag array
Git diff calls for telemetry were consolidated onto shared flags, no behavior change.
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Git IntegrationArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.260,
Internal ChangesSection of the release