How to show uncommitted changes in Git
The command you are looking for is git diff
.
git diff
- Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
Here are some of the options it expose which you can use
git diff
(no parameters)
Print out differences between your working directory and the index.
git diff --cached
:
Print out differences between the index and HEAD (current commit).
git diff HEAD
:
Print out differences between your working directory and the HEAD.
git diff --name-only
Show only names of changed files.
git diff --name-status
Show only names and status of changed files.
git diff --color-words
Word by word diff instead of line by line.
Here is a sample of the output for git diff --color-words
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