Get all files that have been modified in git branch

Question

Is there a way to see what files have changed in a branch?

Answer 1

Considering you're on a feature branch and you want to check which files have changed compared to master... just this:

git diff --name-only master

Answer 2

I really liked @twalberg's answer but I didn't want to have to type the current branch name all the time. So I'm using this:

git diff --name-only $(git merge-base master HEAD)

Answer 3

git diff --name-only master...branch-name

to which we want to compare.

Answer 4

I use grep so I only get the lines with diff --git which are the files path:

git diff branchA branchB | grep 'diff --git'
// OUTPUTS ALL FILES WITH CHANGES, SIMPLE HA :)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json

Answer 5

Expanding off of what @twalberg and @iconoclast had, if you're using cmd for whatever reason, you can use:

FOR /F "usebackq" %x IN (`"git branch | grep '*' | cut -f2 -d' '"`) DO FOR /F "usebackq" %y IN (`"git merge-base %x master"`) DO git diff --name-only %x %y

Answer 6

All you have to do is the following:

git checkout <notMainDev>
git diff --name-only <mainDev>

This will show you only the filenames that are different between the two branches.