How to list only the file names that changed between two commits

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I have a bunch of commits in the repo  I want to see a list of files changed between two commits - from SHA1 to SHA2   What command should I use

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Based on git diff --name-status I wrote the git-diffview git extension that renders a hierarchical tree view of what changed between two paths

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This will show the changes in files   git diff --word-diff SHA1 SHA2

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As artfulrobot said in his answer   git diff --name-status  SHA1  SHA2     My example   git diff --name-status 78a09k12067c24d8f117886c4723ccf111af4997  4b95d595812211553070046bf2ebd807c0862cca M       views layouts default ctp M       webroot css theme css A       webroot img theme logo png

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git diff --name-status  SHA1  SHA2     is like --name-only  except you get a simple prefix telling you what happened to the file  modified  deleted  added      git log --name-status --oneline  SHA1  SHA2    is similar  but commits are listed after the commit message  so you can see when a file was changed    if you re interested in just what happened to certain files folders you can append --  lt filename gt    lt filename gt      to the git log version  if you want to see what happened for a single commit  call it SHA1  then do git log --name-status --oneline  SHA1   SHA1    File status flags  M modified   -   File has been modified C copy-edit -    File has been copied and modified R rename-edit -  File has been renamed and modified A added       -   File has been added D deleted -      File has been deleted U unmerged -     File has conflicts after a merge

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Just for someone who needs to focus only on Java files  this is my solution    git diff --name-status SHA1 SHA2   grep    java

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The following works well for me     git show --name-only --format tformat  SHA1  SHA2  It can also be used with a single commit   git show --name-only --format tformat  SHA1  which is handy for use in Jenkins where you are provided with a List of changeSet SHA s  and want to iterate over them to see which files have been changed    This is similar to a couple of the answers above  but using tformat  rather than format  removes the separator space between commits

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In case someone is looking for list of files changed including staged files git diff HEAD --name-only --relative --diff-filter AMCR git diff HEAD --name-only --relative --diff-filter AMCR sha-1 sha-2 Remove --relative if you want absolute paths

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git diff --name-only SHA1 SHA2   where you only need to include enough of the SHA to identify the commits  You can also do  for example  git diff --name-only HEAD 10 HEAD 5   to see the differences between the tenth latest commit and the fifth latest  or so

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Also note  if you just want to see the changed files between the last commit and the one before it  This works fine  git show --name-only

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It seems that no one has mentioned the switch --stat     git diff --stat HEAD 5 HEAD      java org apache calcite rex RexSimplify java     50                  -----      apache calcite sql fun SqlTrimFunction java       2  -      apache calcite sql2rel SqlToRelConverter java    16              org apache calcite util SaffronProperties java   19     ----      org apache calcite test RexProgramTest java      24                  apache calcite test SqlToRelConverterTest java    8           apache calcite test SqlToRelConverterTest xml    15          pom xml                                               2  -      apache calcite adapter spark SparkRules java      7  --  9 files changed  117 insertions     26 deletions -    There are also --numstat    git diff --numstat HEAD 5 HEAD 40      10      core src main java org apache calcite rex RexSimplify java 1       1       core src main java org apache calcite sql fun SqlTrimFunction java 16      0       core src main java org apache calcite sql2rel SqlToRelConverter java 8       11      core src main java org apache calcite util SaffronProperties java 24      0       core src test java org apache calcite test RexProgramTest java 8       0       core src test java org apache calcite test SqlToRelConverterTest java 15      0       core src test resources org apache calcite test SqlToRelConverterTest xml 1       1       pom xml 4       3       spark src main java org apache calcite adapter spark SparkRules java   and --shortstat    git diff --shortstat HEAD 5 HEAD 9 files changed  117 insertions     26 deletions -

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To supplement  artfulrobot s answer  if you want to show changed files between two branches   git diff --name-status mybranch  myotherbranch   Be careful on precedence  If you place the newer branch first then it would show files as deleted rather than added   Adding a grep can refine things further   git diff --name-status mybranch  myotherbranch   grep  A t    That will then show only files added in myotherbranch

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But for seeing the files changed between your branch and its common ancestor with another branch  say origin master    git diff --name-only  git merge-base origin master HEAD

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Use git log --pretty oneline  C  filename log  which will log only a oneline  --pretty oneline  thats the name of the changed file  Also will log all the details to your output file

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Add below alias to your    bash profile  then run  source    bash profile  now anytime you need to see the updated files in the last commit  run  showfiles from your git repository    alias showfiles  git show --pretty  format   --name-only

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