git-diff – Page 12 – Tarik Billa

How do I show the changes which have been staged?

August 25, 2022 by Tarik

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 … Read more

How do I see the differences between two branches?

August 24, 2022 by Tarik

Use git diff. git diff [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [–] [<path>…] <commit> is a branch name, a commit hash, or a shorthand symbolic reference. Examples: git diff abc123..def567, git diff HEAD..origin/master. That will produce the diff between the tips of the two branches. If you’d prefer to find the diff from their common ancestor to test, you … Read more