if (diff_can_quit_early(&revs->diffopt))
break;
- if (!ce_path_match(istate, ce, &revs->prune_data, NULL))
+ /*
+ * NEEDSWORK:
+ * Here we filter with pathspec but the result is further
+ * filtered out when --relative is in effect. To end-users,
+ * a pathspec element that matched only to paths outside the
+ * current directory is like not matching anything at all;
+ * the handling of ps_matched[] here may become problematic
+ * if/when we add the "--error-unmatch" option to "git diff".
+ */
+ if (!ce_path_match(istate, ce, &revs->prune_data, revs->ps_matched))
continue;
if (revs->diffopt.prefix &&