int mode_differs = 0;
        int i, show_hunks;
        int working_tree_file = is_null_sha1(elem->sha1);
-       int abbrev = opt->full_index ? 40 : DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+       int abbrev = DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, FULL_INDEX) ? 40 : DEFAULT_ABBREV;
        mmfile_t result_file;
 
        context = opt->context;
 
        if (show_hunks || mode_differs || working_tree_file) {
                const char *abb;
-               int use_color = opt->color_diff;
+               int use_color = DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, COLOR_DIFF);
                const char *c_meta = diff_get_color(use_color, DIFF_METAINFO);
                const char *c_reset = diff_get_color(use_color, DIFF_RESET);
                int added = 0;
                        dump_quoted_path("+++ /dev/", "null", c_meta, c_reset);
                else
                        dump_quoted_path("+++ b/", elem->path, c_meta, c_reset);
-               dump_sline(sline, cnt, num_parent, opt->color_diff);
+               dump_sline(sline, cnt, num_parent, DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, COLOR_DIFF));
        }
        free(result);
 
 
        diffopts = *opt;
        diffopts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
-       diffopts.recursive = 1;
-       diffopts.allow_external = 0;
+       DIFF_OPT_SET(&diffopts, RECURSIVE);
+       DIFF_OPT_CLR(&diffopts, ALLOW_EXTERNAL);
 
        show_log_first = !!rev->loginfo && !rev->no_commit_id;
        needsep = 0;