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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] submodule groups (once again)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:19:57 -0700
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> git diff is supposed to view the differences between "what would I
> get after checkout" (i.e. what is in the index run through smudge filters)
> compared to the actual worktree.

I do not think it affects your conclusion, but the above is wrong.
"git diff" is a preview of what you would add (i.e. what will be in
the index after passing working tree contents via the clean filter)
relative to what is actually in the index.