patch 8.1.0375: cannot use diff mode with Cygwin diff.exe commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3b8defd0a52fc1276816608e7bb24b628ab14c2e Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Sep 13 13:03:11 2018 +0200 patch 8.1.0375: cannot use diff mode with Cygwin diff.exe Problem: Cannot use diff mode with Cygwin diff.exe. (Igor Forca) Solution: Skip over unrecognized lines in the diff output.

--- a/src/diff.c
+++ b/src/diff.c
@@ -1600,6 +1600,10 @@ diff_read(
 		    && (tag_fgets(linebuf, LBUFLEN, fd) == 0)
 		    && (STRNCMP(line, "@@ ", 3) == 0))
 		diffstyle = DIFF_UNIFIED;
+	    else
+		// Format not recognized yet, skip over this line.  Cygwin diff
+		// may put a warning at the start of the file.
+		continue;
 	}
 
 	if (diffstyle == DIFF_ED)