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}}