diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64adfb4c184..831459f0005 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ What follows is a high-level list of features and those which are planned:
 * [ ] push
 * [ ] reset
 * [ ] status
+* [x] blob-diff
 * [ ] merge
 * [ ] rebase
 * [ ] commit
diff --git a/gix-config/src/source.rs b/gix-config/src/source.rs
index d8ca60db4ba..18d396e8b2c 100644
--- a/gix-config/src/source.rs
+++ b/gix-config/src/source.rs
@@ -65,9 +65,15 @@ impl Source {
     pub fn storage_location(self, env_var: &mut dyn FnMut(&str) -> Option<OsString>) -> Option<Cow<'static, Path>> {
         use Source::*;
         match self {
-            GitInstallation => gix_path::env::installation_config().map(Into::into),
+            GitInstallation => {
+                if env_var("GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM").is_some() {
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    gix_path::env::installation_config().map(Into::into)
+                }
+            }
             System => {
-                if env_var("GIT_CONFIG_NO_SYSTEM").is_some() {
+                if env_var("GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM").is_some() {
                     None
                 } else {
                     env_var("GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM")
diff --git a/gix-config/tests/config.rs b/gix-config/tests/config.rs
index 7107bca8bad..fe1b3dec068 100644
--- a/gix-config/tests/config.rs
+++ b/gix-config/tests/config.rs
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ pub use gix_testtools::Result;
 
 mod file;
 mod parse;
+mod source;
 mod value;
diff --git a/gix-config/tests/source/mod.rs b/gix-config/tests/source/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9dfd040b12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gix-config/tests/source/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use gix_config::Source;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[test]
+fn git_config_no_system() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        Source::GitInstallation.storage_location(&mut |name| {
+            assert_eq!(
+                name, "GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM",
+                "it only checks this var, and if set, nothing else"
+            );
+            Some("1".into())
+        }),
+        None
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        Source::System.storage_location(&mut |name| {
+            assert_eq!(
+                name, "GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM",
+                "it only checks this var, and if set, nothing else"
+            );
+            Some("1".into())
+        }),
+        None
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn git_config_system() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        Source::System
+            .storage_location(&mut |name| {
+                match name {
+                    "GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM" => None,
+                    "GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM" => Some("alternative".into()),
+                    unexpected => unreachable!("unexpected env var: {unexpected}"),
+                }
+            })
+            .expect("set")
+            .as_ref(),
+        Path::new("alternative"),
+        "we respect the system config variable for overrides"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn git_config_global() {
+    for source in [Source::Git, Source::User] {
+        assert_eq!(
+            source
+                .storage_location(&mut |name| {
+                    assert_eq!(
+                        name, "GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL",
+                        "it only checks this var, and if set, nothing else"
+                    );
+                    Some("alternative".into())
+                })
+                .expect("set")
+                .as_ref(),
+            Path::new("alternative"),
+            "we respect the global config variable for 'git' overrides"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gix/CHANGELOG.md b/gix/CHANGELOG.md
index 8eca00d83c8..ae2fe258541 100644
--- a/gix/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/gix/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  - <csr-id-6cf73a44cbcd8bdca6a353cfd02d6237b1883b8c/> use `gitoxide.credentials.helperStderr` key to control how stderr is handled with helpers.
    That way users can configure each repository instance according to their needs,
    with which includes disabling the `stderr` of credential helpers.
-   
-   Please enter the message for your patch. Lines starting with
  - <csr-id-77686db3f91e16fa6657dbae2182ec72e88d3fd0/> `revision::Spec::path_and_mode()`
    Provide additional information about revspecs for use with
    worktree filters.
diff --git a/gix/src/revision/mod.rs b/gix/src/revision/mod.rs
index 62fe72dd3f6..9bd23b994bd 100644
--- a/gix/src/revision/mod.rs
+++ b/gix/src/revision/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ pub use gix_revision as plumbing;
 
 ///
 pub mod walk;
-use crate::bstr::BString;
 pub use walk::iter::Walk;
 
 ///
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ pub mod spec;
 pub struct Spec<'repo> {
     pub(crate) inner: gix_revision::Spec,
     /// The path we encountered in the revspec, like `@:<path>` or `@..@~1:<path>`.
-    pub(crate) path: Option<(BString, gix_object::tree::EntryMode)>,
+    pub(crate) path: Option<(crate::bstr::BString, gix_object::tree::EntryMode)>,
     /// The first name of a reference as seen while parsing a `RevSpec`, for completeness.
     pub(crate) first_ref: Option<gix_ref::Reference>,
     /// The second name of a reference as seen while parsing a `RevSpec`, for completeness.