Git diff patch without /a /b?

Question

i have a local repository and i created a patch.txt (from the first to the last commit) using the following command:

git diff commitid1 commitid2 > patch.txt

But if i look at this patch.txt i see 2 directories /a and /b. And all the files are pointed always to 2 different directories (/a and /b)? How come? I have only one local repository

How do i create a patch so without /a and /b only from one directory?

Thanks!

Answer 1

This will do what you want

$ git diff commitid1 commitid2 --no-prefix > patch.txt

See --no-prefix over at http://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff