1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/diff-index.c b/builtin/diff-index.c
index 93ec642..176fe7f 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-index.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-index.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP;
 int cmd_diff_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info rev;
-	int cached = 0;
+	unsigned int option = 0;
 	int i;
 	int result;
 
@@ -25,20 +25,24 @@ int cmd_diff_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL); /* no "diff" UI options */
 	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &rev, prefix);
 	rev.abbrev = 0;
-	precompose_argv(argc, argv);
+	prefix = precompose_argv_prefix(argc, argv, prefix);
 
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, NULL);
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
 
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached"))
-			cached = 1;
+			option |= DIFF_INDEX_CACHED;
+		else if (!strcmp(arg, "--merge-base"))
+			option |= DIFF_INDEX_MERGE_BASE;
 		else
 			usage(diff_cache_usage);
 	}
 	if (!rev.diffopt.output_format)
 		rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_RAW;
 
+	rev.diffopt.rotate_to_strict = 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Make sure there is one revision (i.e. pending object),
 	 * and there is no revision filtering parameters.
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ int cmd_diff_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (rev.pending.nr != 1 ||
 	    rev.max_count != -1 || rev.min_age != -1 || rev.max_age != -1)
 		usage(diff_cache_usage);
-	if (!cached) {
+	if (!(option & DIFF_INDEX_CACHED)) {
 		setup_work_tree();
 		if (read_cache_preload(&rev.diffopt.pathspec) < 0) {
 			perror("read_cache_preload");
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ int cmd_diff_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		perror("read_cache");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	result = run_diff_index(&rev, cached);
+	result = run_diff_index(&rev, option);
 	UNLEAK(rev);
 	return diff_result_code(&rev.diffopt, result);
 }