tldr/pages/common/git-diff.md

# git diff

> Show changes to tracked files.
> Homepage: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff>.

- Show unstaged, uncommitted changes:

`git diff`

- Show all uncommitted changes (including staged ones):

`git diff HEAD`

- Show only staged (added, but not yet committed) changes:

`git diff --staged`

- Show changes from all commits since a given date/time (a date expression, e.g. "1 week 2 days" or an ISO date):

`git diff 'HEAD@{3 months|weeks|days|hours|seconds ago}'`

- Show only names of changed files since a given commit:

`git diff --name-only {{commit}}`

- Output a summary of file creations, renames and mode changes since a given commit:

`git diff --summary {{commit}}`

- Create a patch file:

`git diff > {{target_file}}.patch`

- Compare a single file between two branches or commits:

`git diff {{branch_1}}..{{branch_2}} [--] {{path/to/file}}`

- Compare different files from the current branch to other branch:

`git diff {{branch}}:{{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file}}`
Fix lint for common 2015-10-22 08:31:52 +01:00			`# git diff`
split git commands 2014-03-09 12:20:13 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Show changes to tracked files.`
multiple pages: add homepages (#2660) 2019-01-30 11:19:23 +00:00			`> Homepage: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff>.`
split git commands 2014-03-09 12:20:13 +00:00
git-diff: rework a bit for clarity (#1129) - use {{commit}} instead of {{PATHSPEC}} - start with the simplest invocation, git diff - move command to show staged changes next to the first two, which it is related to - clarify description of --summary example - move the .patch extension out of the token 2016-10-27 17:15:29 +01:00			`- Show unstaged, uncommitted changes:`
split git commands 2014-03-09 12:20:13 +00:00
git-diff: rework a bit for clarity (#1129) - use {{commit}} instead of {{PATHSPEC}} - start with the simplest invocation, git diff - move command to show staged changes next to the first two, which it is related to - clarify description of --summary example - move the .patch extension out of the token 2016-10-27 17:15:29 +01:00			`git diff`
Expand git-diff page Added: * `—names-only` option. * `—summary` option. 2014-04-13 17:00:28 +01:00
git-diff: rework a bit for clarity (#1129) - use {{commit}} instead of {{PATHSPEC}} - start with the simplest invocation, git diff - move command to show staged changes next to the first two, which it is related to - clarify description of --summary example - move the .patch extension out of the token 2016-10-27 17:15:29 +01:00			`- Show all uncommitted changes (including staged ones):`
Expand git-diff page Added: * `—names-only` option. * `—summary` option. 2014-04-13 17:00:28 +01:00
git-diff: rework a bit for clarity (#1129) - use {{commit}} instead of {{PATHSPEC}} - start with the simplest invocation, git diff - move command to show staged changes next to the first two, which it is related to - clarify description of --summary example - move the .patch extension out of the token 2016-10-27 17:15:29 +01:00			`git diff HEAD`
Expand git-diff page Added: * `—names-only` option. * `—summary` option. 2014-04-13 17:00:28 +01:00
git-diff: rework a bit for clarity (#1129) - use {{commit}} instead of {{PATHSPEC}} - start with the simplest invocation, git diff - move command to show staged changes next to the first two, which it is related to - clarify description of --summary example - move the .patch extension out of the token 2016-10-27 17:15:29 +01:00			`- Show only staged (added, but not yet committed) changes:`
Expand git-diff page Added: * `—names-only` option. * `—summary` option. 2014-04-13 17:00:28 +01:00
git-diff: rework a bit for clarity (#1129) - use {{commit}} instead of {{PATHSPEC}} - start with the simplest invocation, git diff - move command to show staged changes next to the first two, which it is related to - clarify description of --summary example - move the .patch extension out of the token 2016-10-27 17:15:29 +01:00			`git diff --staged`
git diff: Add --staged option 2015-12-29 10:05:57 +00:00
git-diff: update description Replace backticks with quotes 2017-11-02 04:17:47 +00:00			`- Show changes from all commits since a given date/time (a date expression, e.g. "1 week 2 days" or an ISO date):`
git-diff: add example using relative time range Close #1368 2017-10-31 22:32:16 +00:00
git-diff: update examples to show other possibilities Show that date expression/spec can contain other items and combinations of items, or an actual timestamp. 2017-11-01 07:07:23 +00:00			`git diff 'HEAD@{3 months\|weeks\|days\|hours\|seconds ago}'`
git-diff: add example using relative time range Close #1368 2017-10-31 22:32:16 +00:00
git-diff: rework a bit for clarity (#1129) - use {{commit}} instead of {{PATHSPEC}} - start with the simplest invocation, git diff - move command to show staged changes next to the first two, which it is related to - clarify description of --summary example - move the .patch extension out of the token 2016-10-27 17:15:29 +01:00			`- Show only names of changed files since a given commit:`
git diff: Add --staged option 2015-12-29 10:05:57 +00:00
git-diff: rework a bit for clarity (#1129) - use {{commit}} instead of {{PATHSPEC}} - start with the simplest invocation, git diff - move command to show staged changes next to the first two, which it is related to - clarify description of --summary example - move the .patch extension out of the token 2016-10-27 17:15:29 +01:00			`git diff --name-only {{commit}}`

			`- Output a summary of file creations, renames and mode changes since a given commit:`

			`git diff --summary {{commit}}`
git-diff: create a patch file 2016-06-17 12:08:01 +01:00
			`- Create a patch file:`

git-diff: rework a bit for clarity (#1129) - use {{commit}} instead of {{PATHSPEC}} - start with the simplest invocation, git diff - move command to show staged changes next to the first two, which it is related to - clarify description of --summary example - move the .patch extension out of the token 2016-10-27 17:15:29 +01:00			`git diff > {{target_file}}.patch`
git-diff: add cross-branch diff example (#1454) 2017-08-25 12:42:05 +01:00
			`- Compare a single file between two branches or commits:`

			`git diff {{branch_1}}..{{branch_2}} [--] {{path/to/file}}`
git-diff: Adds comparison of file on current branch to other branch (#1611) 2017-11-04 09:31:27 +00:00
			`- Compare different files from the current branch to other branch:`

			`git diff {{branch}}:{{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file}}`