1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/diff-lib.c b/diff-lib.c
index 50521e2093..5d5d3dafab 100644
--- a/diff-lib.c
+++ b/diff-lib.c
@@ -405,14 +405,8 @@ static void do_oneway_diff(struct unpack_trees_options *o,
 	/* if the entry is not checked out, don't examine work tree */
 	cached = o->index_only ||
 		(idx && ((idx->ce_flags & CE_VALID) || ce_skip_worktree(idx)));
-	/*
-	 * Backward compatibility wart - "diff-index -m" does
-	 * not mean "do not ignore merges", but "match_missing".
-	 *
-	 * But with the revision flag parsing, that's found in
-	 * "!revs->ignore_merges".
-	 */
-	match_missing = !revs->ignore_merges;
+
+	match_missing = revs->match_missing;
 
 	if (cached && idx && ce_stage(idx)) {
 		struct diff_filepair *pair;