if (!tree || type != OBJ_TREE)
                        die("corrupt tree sha %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 
+               if (DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, TREE_IN_RECURSIVE)) {
+                       newbase[baselen + pathlen] = 0;
+                       opt->add_remove(opt, *prefix, mode, sha1, newbase);
+                       newbase[baselen + pathlen] = '/';
+               }
+
                init_tree_desc(&inner, tree, size);
                show_tree(opt, prefix, &inner, newbase, baselen + 1 + pathlen);
 
        }
 
        /*
-        * Then, discard all the non-relevane file pairs...
+        * Then, discard all the non-relevant file pairs...
         */
        for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
                struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];