Merge branch 'maint' into bc/master-diff-hunk-header-fix

* maint: (41 commits)
  Clarify commit error message for unmerged files
  Use strchrnul() instead of strchr() plus manual workaround
  Use remove_path from dir.c instead of own implementation
  Add remove_path: a function to remove as much as possible of a path
  git-submodule: Fix "Unable to checkout" for the initial 'update'
  Clarify how the user can satisfy stash's 'dirty state' check.
  Remove empty directories in recursive merge
  Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pager
  Update release notes for 1.6.0.3
  checkout: Do not show local changes when in quiet mode
  for-each-ref: Fix --format=%(subject) for log message without newlines
  git-stash.sh: don't default to refs/stash if invalid ref supplied
  maint: check return of split_cmdline to avoid bad config strings
  builtin-prune.c: prune temporary packs in <object_dir>/pack directory
  Do not perform cross-directory renames when creating packs
  Use dashless git commands in setgitperms.perl
  git-remote: do not use user input in a printf format string
  make "git remote" report multiple URLs
  Start draft release notes for 1.6.0.3
  git-repack uses --no-repack-object, not --no-repack-delta.
  ...

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	RelNotes

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index 037c3039a4..d5fe775fc1 100644
--- a/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/builtin-diff.c
@@ -223,7 +223,13 @@ static int builtin_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv
 		argv++; argc--;
 	}
 
-	if (revs->max_count == -1 &&
+	/*
+	 * "diff --base" should not combine merges because it was not
+	 * asked to.  "diff -c" should not densify (if the user wants
+	 * dense one, --cc can be explicitly asked for, or just rely
+	 * on the default).
+	 */
+	if (revs->max_count == -1 && !revs->combine_merges &&
 	    (revs->diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH))
 		revs->combine_merges = revs->dense_combined_merges = 1;