Git diff --name-only and copy that list

Question

I just want to get a list of changed files between two revisions, which is simple:

git diff -–name-only commit1 commit2 > /path/to/my/file

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Answer 1

No-one has mentioned cpio which is easy to type, creates hard links and handles spaces in filenames:

git diff --name-only $from..$to  | cpio -pld outdir