It should just be:
git diff --cached
--cached
means show the changes in the cache/index (i.e. staged changes) against the current HEAD
. --staged
is a synonym for --cached
.
--staged
and --cached
does not point to HEAD
, just difference with respect to HEAD
. If you cherry pick what to commit using git add --patch
(or git add -p
), --staged
will return what is staged.