Expanding a file to show the diff causes it to disappear (Magit User Manual)

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A.2.6 Expanding a file to show the diff causes it to disappear ¶

This is probably caused by a customization of a diff.* Git variable. You probably set that variable for a reason, and should therefore only undo that setting in Magit by customizing magit-git-global-arguments.