static int diff_detect_rename_default;
 static int diff_rename_limit_default = -1;
 static int diff_use_color_default;
+int diff_auto_refresh_index = 1;
 
 static char diff_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
        "\033[m",       /* reset */
                        diff_detect_rename_default = DIFF_DETECT_RENAME;
                return 0;
        }
+       if (!strcmp(var, "diff.autorefreshindex")) {
+               diff_auto_refresh_index = git_config_bool(var, value);
+               return 0;
+       }
        if (!prefixcmp(var, "diff.")) {
                const char *ep = strrchr(var, '.');
 
                                fill_mmfile(&mf2, p->two) < 0)
                        return error("unable to read files to diff");
 
-               /* Maybe hash p->two? into the patch id? */
-               if (diff_filespec_is_binary(p->two))
-                       continue;
-
                len1 = remove_space(p->one->path, strlen(p->one->path));
                len2 = remove_space(p->two->path, strlen(p->two->path));
                if (p->one->mode == 0)
                         * to determine how many paths were dirty only
                         * due to stat info mismatch.
                         */
-                       diffopt->skip_stat_unmatch++;
+                       if (!diffopt->no_index)
+                               diffopt->skip_stat_unmatch++;
                        diff_free_filepair(p);
                }
        }