get_patch_filename(commit, rev->nr, fmt_patch_suffix, &filename);
 
-       if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev->diffopt, QUIET))
+       if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev->diffopt, QUICK))
                fprintf(realstdout, "%s\n", filename.buf + outdir_offset);
 
        if (freopen(filename.buf, "w", stdout) == NULL)
 
        /*
         * We cannot move this anywhere earlier because we do want to
-        * know if --root was given explicitly from the comand line.
+        * know if --root was given explicitly from the command line.
         */
        rev.show_root_diff = 1;
 
                        return 0;
        }
 
-       if (ignore_if_in_upstream)
+       if (ignore_if_in_upstream) {
+               /* Don't say anything if head and upstream are the same. */
+               if (rev.pending.nr == 2) {
+                       struct object_array_entry *o = rev.pending.objects;
+                       if (hashcmp(o[0].item->sha1, o[1].item->sha1) == 0)
+                               return 0;
+               }
                get_patch_ids(&rev, &ids, prefix);
+       }
 
        if (!use_stdout)
                realstdout = xfdopen(xdup(1), "w");