tldr/pages/common/git-diff.md

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git diff

Show changes to tracked files.

  • 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 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}}