Can I use git diff on untracked files?

Question

Is it possible to ask git diff to include untracked files in its diff output, or is my best bet to use git add on the newly created files and the e

Answer 1

this works for me:

git add my_file.txt
git diff --cached my_file.txt
git reset my_file.txt

Last step is optional, it will leave the file in the previous state (untracked)

useful if you are creating a patch too:

  git diff --cached my_file.txt > my_file-patch.patch