What's an easy way to detect modified files in a Git workspace?

Question

During make, I create string fields which I embedded in the linked output. Very useful.

Other than a complex sed/grep parsing of the

Answer 1

For git hooks, I found this command useful

git diff-index --exit-code --ignore-submodules HEAD

For example

//run some static analysis check that can change the code
something_changed=`git diff-index --exit-code --ignore-submodules HEAD`
if [ -n "$something_changed" ]
then
    echo >&2 "Something changed in $local_ref, not pushing"
    exit 1
fi