git diff for custom 2 files outside of any repository?
I need git diff functionality for 2 files that I have outside of any repository. Is there a way to do it? Something like git diff --file1 /path/file1.txt --file2 /path/file2.txt If not, what may be an alternative solution? The answer is right in the git diff documentation (though I admit it's easy to miss): git diff [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path> This form is to compare the given two paths on the filesystem. You can omit the --no-index option when running the command in a working tree controlled by Git and at least one of the paths points outside the working tree, or when running