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git diff-index — Compare the working directory with a commit or tree object. More information: <https://git-scm.com/d

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Problem

How to use the git diff-index command: Compare the working directory with a commit or tree object. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff-index>.

Solution

git diff-index — Compare the working directory with a commit or tree object. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff-index>.

Compare the working directory with a specific commit:
git diff-index {{commit}}


Compare a specific file or directory in working directory with a commit:
git diff-index {{commit}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}


Compare the working directory with the index (staging area) to check for staged changes:
git diff-index --cached {{commit}}


Suppress output and return an exit status to check for differences:
git diff-index --quiet {{commit}}

Code Snippets

Compare the working directory with a specific commit

git diff-index {{commit}}

Compare a specific file or directory in working directory with a commit

git diff-index {{commit}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Compare the working directory with the index (staging area) to check for staged changes

git diff-index --cached {{commit}}

Suppress output and return an exit status to check for differences

git diff-index --quiet {{commit}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git diff-index

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