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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"gitconfig: mnemonicPrefix conflict with create_patch","articleBody":"the regex:\n\nhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/6d09bb610932d6081da7a516f8e7215414d953e5/git/diff.py#L372\n\nis not able to match the diff generated if this flag is enabled in `~/.gitconfig`:\n```\n[diff]\n        mnemonicPrefix = true\n```\nbecause it is expecting `[ab]/` as folder prefix for the diff but with mnemonicPrefix enabled it become `[wc]/`\n\n### Diff without `mnemonicPrefix`\n```diff\ndiff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json\nindex xxxxxxx..xxxxxxxx\n--- a/.vscode/launch.json\n+++ b/.vscode/launch.json\n```\n\n### Diff with `mnemonicPrefix = true` \n```diff\ndiff --git c/.vscode/launch.json w/.vscode/launch.json\nindex xxxxxxx..xxxxxxxx\n--- c/.vscode/launch.json\n+++ w/.vscode/launch.json\n```\n\n### Quick Test\n```python\nrepo = git.Repo('.')\nbranch_ref = repo.head\nancestor_ref = repo.merge_base(branch_ref, repo.refs[\"main\"])\ndiff = ancestor_ref[0].diff(None, create_patch=True)\nprint(diff)\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ceccopierangiolieugenio","@type":"Person","name":"ceccopierangiolieugenio"},"datePublished":"2025-03-12T16:38:38.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/2013/GitPython/issues/2013"}