struct diff_options *opt = &rev->diffopt;
        struct diff_options diffopts;
        struct combine_diff_path *p, *paths = NULL;
-       int i, num_paths;
+       int i, num_paths, needsep, show_log_first;
 
        diffopts = *opt;
-       diffopts.output_format &= ~(DIFF_FORMAT_RAW | DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT);
+       diffopts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
        diffopts.recursive = 1;
 
+       show_log_first = rev->loginfo;
+       needsep = 0;
        /* find set of paths that everybody touches */
        for (i = 0; i < num_parent; i++) {
                /* show stat against the first parent even
                 * when doing combined diff.
                 */
                if (i == 0 && opt->output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT)
-                       diffopts.output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT;
+                       diffopts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT;
                else
-                       diffopts.output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
+                       diffopts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT;
                diff_tree_sha1(parent[i], sha1, "", &diffopts);
                diffcore_std(&diffopts);
                paths = intersect_paths(paths, i, num_parent);
 
-               if (opt->output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT && rev->loginfo)
+               if (show_log_first && i == 0) {
                        show_log(rev, opt->msg_sep);
-
+                       if (rev->verbose_header && opt->output_format)
+                               putchar(opt->line_termination);
+               }
                diff_flush(&diffopts);
-               if (opt->output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT)
-                       putchar('\n');
        }
 
        /* find out surviving paths */
                                if (p->len)
                                        show_raw_diff(p, num_parent, rev);
                        }
-                       putchar(opt->line_termination);
+                       needsep = 1;
                }
+               else if (opt->output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT)
+                       needsep = 1;
                if (opt->output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH) {
+                       if (needsep)
+                               putchar(opt->line_termination);
                        for (p = paths; p; p = p->next) {
                                if (p->len)
                                        show_patch_diff(p, num_parent, dense,
 
        options->break_opt = -1;
        options->rename_limit = -1;
        options->context = 3;
-       options->msg_sep = "\n";
+       options->msg_sep = "";
 
        options->change = diff_change;
        options->add_remove = diff_addremove;
                                      DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT |
                                      DIFF_FORMAT_CHECKDIFF))
                options->recursive = 1;
+       /*
+        * Also pickaxe would not work very well if you do not say recursive
+        */
+       if (options->pickaxe)
+               options->recursive = 1;
 
        if (options->detect_rename && options->rename_limit < 0)
                options->rename_limit = diff_rename_limit_default;
        if (output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT) {
                struct diffstat_t diffstat;
 
-               if (separator++)
-                       putchar('\n');
-
                memset(&diffstat, 0, sizeof(struct diffstat_t));
                diffstat.xm.consume = diffstat_consume;
                for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
                                diff_flush_stat(p, options, &diffstat);
                }
                show_stats(&diffstat);
+               separator++;
        }
 
        if (output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_SUMMARY && !is_summary_empty(q)) {
-               if (separator++)
-                       putchar('\n');
-
                for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++)
                        diff_summary(q->queue[i]);
+               separator++;
        }
 
        if (output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH) {
 
                return 0;
        }
 
-       if (opt->loginfo && !opt->no_commit_id)
+       if (opt->loginfo && !opt->no_commit_id) {
+               /* When showing a verbose header (i.e. log message),
+                * and not in --pretty=oneline format, we would want
+                * an extra newline between the end of log and the
+                * output for readability.
+                */
                show_log(opt, opt->diffopt.msg_sep);
-
+               if (opt->verbose_header &&
+                   opt->commit_format != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) {
+                       int pch = DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT | DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+                       if ((pch & opt->diffopt.output_format) == pch)
+                               printf("---%c", opt->diffopt.line_termination);
+                       else
+                               putchar(opt->diffopt.line_termination);
+               }
+       }
        diff_flush(&opt->diffopt);
        return 1;
 }