$parent = "--root";
        }
        my @difftree;
-       if (@$parents <= 1) {
-               # difftree output is not printed for merges
-               open my $fd, "-|", git_cmd(), "diff-tree", '-r', "--no-commit-id",
-                       @diff_opts, $parent, $hash, "--"
-                       or die_error(undef, "Open git-diff-tree failed");
-               @difftree = map { chomp; $_ } <$fd>;
-               close $fd or die_error(undef, "Reading git-diff-tree failed");
-       }
+       open my $fd, "-|", git_cmd(), "diff-tree", '-r', "--no-commit-id",
+               @diff_opts,
+               (@$parents <= 1 ? $parent : '-c'),
+               $hash, "--"
+               or die_error(undef, "Open git-diff-tree failed");
+       @difftree = map { chomp; $_ } <$fd>;
+       close $fd or die_error(undef, "Reading git-diff-tree failed");
 
        # non-textual hash id's can be cached
        my $expires;
        git_print_log($co{'comment'});
        print "</div>\n";
 
-       if (@$parents <= 1) {
-               # do not output difftree/whatchanged for merges
-               git_difftree_body(\@difftree, $hash, $parent);
-       }
+       git_difftree_body(\@difftree, $hash, @$parents);
 
        git_footer_html();
 }