Figured as much. I would argue for/request forking that "git diff" command and only processing its output in the VIM process, but for the moment I'll stick wit

Figured as much. I would argue for/request forking that "git diff" command and only processing its output in the VIM process, but for the moment I'll stick with my trusty ",gd" command: map <leader>gd :!cd %:p:h && GIT_PAGER='' git diff HEAD -- %:t<CR><CR>