struct rev_info rev;
init_revisions(&rev, NULL);
- setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, s->reference);
+ setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev,
+ s->is_initial ? EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_HEX : s->reference);
rev.diffopt.output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
rev.diffopt.detect_rename = 1;
+ DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, ALLOW_TEXTCONV);
rev.diffopt.file = s->fp;
rev.diffopt.close_file = 0;
+ /*
+ * If we're not going to stdout, then we definitely don't
+ * want color, since we are going to the commit message
+ * file (and even the "auto" setting won't work, since it
+ * will have checked isatty on stdout).
+ */
+ if (s->fp != stdout)
+ DIFF_OPT_CLR(&rev.diffopt, COLOR_DIFF);
run_diff_index(&rev, 1);
}