Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  sha1_file: link() returns -1 on failure, not errno
  Make git archive respect core.autocrlf when creating zip format archives
  Add new test to demonstrate git archive core.autocrlf inconsistency
  gitweb: avoid warnings for commits without body
  Clarified gitattributes documentation regarding custom hunk header.
  git-svn: fix handling of even funkier branch names
  git-svn: Always create a new RA when calling do_switch for svn://
  git-svn: factor out svnserve test code for later use
  diff/diff-files: do not use --cc too aggressively

builtin-diff.c

@@ -225,7 +225,13 @@ static int builtin_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv
 		argv++; argc--;
 	}
 
-	if (revs->max_count == -1 &&
+	/*
+	 * "diff --base" should not combine merges because it was not
+	 * asked to.  "diff -c" should not densify (if the user wants
+	 * dense one, --cc can be explicitly asked for, or just rely
+	 * on the default).
+	 */
+	if (revs->max_count == -1 && !revs->combine_merges &&
 	    (revs->diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH))
 		revs->combine_merges = revs->dense_combined_merges = 1;