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syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# git diff
> Show changes to tracked files.
> More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff>.
- Show unstaged changes:
`git diff`
- Show all uncommitted changes (including staged ones):
`git diff HEAD`
- Show only staged (added, but not yet committed) changes:
`git diff --staged`
- Show changes from all commits since a given date/time (a date expression, e.g. "1 week 2 days" or an ISO date):
`git diff 'HEAD@{{{3 months|weeks|days|hours|seconds ago}}}'`
- Show diff statistics, like files changed, histogram, and total line insertions/deletions:
`git diff --stat {{commit}}`
- Output a summary of file creations, renames and mode changes since a given commit:
`git diff --summary {{commit}}`
- Compare a single file between two branches or commits:
`git diff {{branch_1}}..{{branch_2}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Compare different files from the current branch to another branch:
`git diff {{other_branch}}:{{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file1}}`