Git diff --name-only and copy that list

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I just want to get a list of changed files between two revisions  which is simple   git diff -   name-only commit1 commit2  gt   path to my file   But  what should I write  if I want copy all that listed files to another place  And I need completely identical directory structure for copied files   For example  I have modified and added files    protected texts file1 txt  protected scripts index php  public pics pic1 png   I want to have in  home changes  all those changed and added files    home changes protected texts file1 txt  home changes protected scripts index php  home changes public pics pic1 png

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zip update zip   git diff --name-only commit commit

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The following should work fine   git diff -z --name-only commit1 commit2   xargs -0 -IREPLACE rsync -aR REPLACE  home changes protected    To explain further    The -z to with git diff --name-only means to output the list of files separated with NUL bytes instead of newlines  just in case your filenames have unusual characters in them  The -0 to xargs says to interpret standard input as a NUL-separated list of parameters  The -IREPLACE is needed since by default xargs would append the parameters to the end of the rsync command   Instead  that says to put them where the later REPLACE is    That s a nice tip from this Server Fault answer   The -a parameter to rsync means to preserve permissions  ownership  etc  if possible   The -R means to use the full relative path when creating the files in the destination    Update  if you have an old version of xargs  you ll need to use the -i option instead of -I    The former is deprecated in later versions of findutils

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Here s a one-liner   List changed files  amp  pack them as   zip   git diff --name-only   zip patched zip -    List last committed changed files  amp  pack them as   zip   git diff --name-only HEAD  HEAD   zip patched zip -

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It works perfectly   git diff 1526043 82a4f7d --name-only   xargs zip update zip  git diff 1526043 82a4f7d --name-only  xargs -n 10 zip update zip

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bin bash   Target directory TARGET  target directory here  for i in   git diff --name-only      do           First create the target directory  if it doesn t exist          mkdir -p   TARGET   dirname  i             Then copy over the file          cp -rf   i    TARGET  i      done   https   stackoverflow com users 79061 sebastian-paaske-t c3 b8rholm

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Try the following command  which I have tested     cp -pv --parents   git diff --name-only  DESTINATION-DIRECTORY

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No-one has mentioned cpio which is easy to type  creates hard links and handles spaces in filenames   git diff --name-only  from   to    cpio -pld outdir

[git] Git diff --name-only and copy that list

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