diff --git a/gix-diff/src/blob/mod.rs b/gix-diff/src/blob/mod.rs
index a5ce1fa7b47..541e978d752 100644
--- a/gix-diff/src/blob/mod.rs
+++ b/gix-diff/src/blob/mod.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pub struct Platform {
     pub attr_stack: gix_worktree::Stack,
 
     /// The way we convert resources into diffable states.
-    filter_mode: pipeline::Mode,
+    pub filter_mode: pipeline::Mode,
     /// A continuously growing cache keeping ready-for-diff blobs by their path in the worktree,
     /// as that is what affects their final diff-able state.
     ///
diff --git a/gix-status/Cargo.toml b/gix-status/Cargo.toml
index cd41782d5a3..324ce1fe3c0 100644
--- a/gix-status/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gix-status/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "A crate of the gitoxide project dealing with 'git status'-like fu
 authors = ["Sebastian Thiel <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>", "Pascal Kuthe <pascal.kuthe@semimod.de>"]
 edition = "2021"
 include = ["src/**/*", "LICENSE-*"]
-rust-version = "1.70"
+rust-version = "1.74"
 autotests = false
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/gix-status/src/index_as_worktree_with_renames/types.rs b/gix-status/src/index_as_worktree_with_renames/types.rs
index ccf17feaf0f..add7717897e 100644
--- a/gix-status/src/index_as_worktree_with_renames/types.rs
+++ b/gix-status/src/index_as_worktree_with_renames/types.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ pub enum Entry<'index, ContentChange, SubmoduleStatus> {
         /// [CollapsedEntriesEmissionMode::OnStatusMismatch](gix_dir::walk::CollapsedEntriesEmissionMode::OnStatusMismatch).
         /// It will also be `Some(dir_status)` if that option was [CollapsedEntriesEmissionMode::All](gix_dir::walk::CollapsedEntriesEmissionMode::All).
         dirwalk_entry_collapsed_directory_status: Option<gix_dir::entry::Status>,
-        /// The object id after the rename, specifically hashed in order to determine equality.
+        /// The object id as it would appear if the entry was written to the object database, specifically hashed in order to determine equality.
+        /// Note that it doesn't (necessarily) exist in the object database, and may be [null](gix_hash::ObjectId::null) if no hashing
+        /// was performed.
         dirwalk_entry_id: gix_hash::ObjectId,
         /// It's `None` if the 'source.id' is equal to `dirwalk_entry_id`, as identity made an actual diff computation unnecessary.
         /// Otherwise, and if enabled, it's `Some(stats)` to indicate how similar both entries were.
diff --git a/gix-status/src/stack.rs b/gix-status/src/stack.rs
index ba26d656443..7c72c83f4c0 100644
--- a/gix-status/src/stack.rs
+++ b/gix-status/src/stack.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-
+use bstr::BStr;
 use gix_fs::Stack;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use crate::SymlinkCheck;
 
@@ -27,6 +28,22 @@ impl SymlinkCheck {
         self.inner.make_relative_path_current(relative_path, &mut Delegate)?;
         Ok(self.inner.current())
     }
+
+    /// Like [`Self::verified_path()`], but do not fail if there is no directory entry at `relative_path` or on the way
+    /// to `relative_path`. Instead.
+    /// For convenience, this incarnation is tuned to be easy to use with Git paths, i.e. slash-separated `BString` path.
+    pub fn verified_path_allow_nonexisting(&mut self, relative_path: &BStr) -> std::io::Result<Cow<'_, Path>> {
+        let rela_path = gix_path::try_from_bstr(relative_path).map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
+        if let Err(err) = self.verified_path(&rela_path) {
+            if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
+                Ok(Cow::Owned(self.inner.root().join(rela_path)))
+            } else {
+                Err(err)
+            }
+        } else {
+            Ok(Cow::Borrowed(self.inner.current()))
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 struct Delegate;
diff --git a/gix/src/status/index_worktree.rs b/gix/src/status/index_worktree.rs
index be64f74e668..27fd952d961 100644
--- a/gix/src/status/index_worktree.rs
+++ b/gix/src/status/index_worktree.rs
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ pub enum Item {
         /// [CollapsedEntriesEmissionMode::OnStatusMismatch](gix_dir::walk::CollapsedEntriesEmissionMode::OnStatusMismatch).
         /// It will also be `Some(dir_status)` if that option was [CollapsedEntriesEmissionMode::All](gix_dir::walk::CollapsedEntriesEmissionMode::All).
         dirwalk_entry_collapsed_directory_status: Option<gix_dir::entry::Status>,
-        /// The object id after the rename, specifically hashed in order to determine equality.
+        /// The object id as it would appear if the entry was written to the object database, specifically hashed in order to determine equality.
+        /// Note that it doesn't (necessarily) exist in the object database, and may be [null](gix_hash::ObjectId::null) if no hashing
+        /// was performed.
         dirwalk_entry_id: gix_hash::ObjectId,
         /// It's `None` if the 'source.id' is equal to `dirwalk_entry_id`, as identity made an actual diff computation unnecessary.
         /// Otherwise, and if enabled, it's `Some(stats)` to indicate how similar both entries were.