How do I print a plain list of all files that were part of a given commit?
Although the following lists the files, it also includes unwanted diff information for each:
git show a303aa90779efdd2f6b9d90693e2cbbbe4613c1d
git log --until 2013-05-21 --pretty="short" --name-only
with a good effect.
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commits till master
: git diff-tree --name-status -r @{3} master
git diff --name-only master
- To list ALL changed files on current branch, comparing to master branch.
Preferred Way (because it's a plumbing command; meant to be programmatic):
$ git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r bd61ad98
index.html
javascript/application.js
javascript/ie6.js
Another Way (less preferred for scripts, because it's a porcelain command; meant to be user-facing)
$ git show --pretty="" --name-only bd61ad98
index.html
javascript/application.js
javascript/ie6.js
The --no-commit-id suppresses the commit ID output.
The --pretty argument specifies an empty format string to avoid the cruft at the beginning.
The --name-only argument shows only the file names that were affected (Thanks Hank). Use --name-status instead, if you want to see what happened to each file (Deleted, Modified, Added)
The -r argument is to recurse into sub-trees
If you want to get the list of changed files:
git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r <commit-ish>
If you want to get the list of all files in a commit, you can use
git ls-tree --name-only -r <commit-ish>
--no-commit-id
to avoid printing the SHA1, like so: git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r <commit-ish>
-r
/ -t
option, did you? Because diff-tree handles both modified and added files. If you want to list all new (added) files, use git diff-tree -r --name-only --no-commit-id --diff-filter=A <commit-ish>
I'll just assume that gitk
is not desired for this. In that case, try git show --name-only <sha>
.
gitk
is actually a decent way of reviewing the files and displaying the file that the diff is on. e.g. Code reviewing a monster commit from a peer.
I personally use the combination of --stat and --oneline with the show command:
git show --stat --oneline HEAD
git show --stat --oneline b24f5fb
git show --stat --oneline HEAD^^..HEAD
If you do not like/want the addition/removal stats, you can replace --stat with --name-only
git show --name-only --oneline HEAD
git show --name-only --oneline b24f5fb
git show --name-only --oneline HEAD^^..HEAD
alias gits='git show --stat --oneline'
, then gits
by itself shows the latest changes (in HEAD), while gits b24f5fb
can be used to show any revision's changes.
git config --global alias.changes 'show --stat --oneline'
. Then you can type git changes
(with an optional commit-ish) and get the output from the first examples above.
git config --global alias.changes "show --stat --oneline"
git show
also works for reviewing stashed changes: e.g. git show --stat --oneline stash@{1}
You can also do
git log --name-only
and you can browse through various commits, commit messages and the changed files.
Type q to get your prompt back.
git show 5944ad2a8b5 --name-only
to list the name of a specific commit
--name-only
out? Or in other words, what is it supposed to do and how does it answer the question?
Recently I needed to list all changed files between two commits. So I used this (also *nix specific) command
git show --pretty="format:" --name-only START_COMMIT..END_COMMIT | sort | uniq
Or as Ethan points out:
git diff --name-only START_COMMIT..END_COMMIT
Using --name-status
will also include the change (added, modified, deleted, etc.) next to each file:
git diff --name-status START_COMMIT..END_COMMIT
git diff --name-status START_COMMIT..END_COMMIT
then you don't need the trailing |sort | uniq
.
git diff --name-only START_COMMIT..END_COMMIT
git diff --name-only START_COMMIT..END_COMMIT | grep -v -e '**.png' -e '**.xml'
. I wanted a list of code changes only for a huge PR that had added thousands of PNGs and XML layouts.
Simplest form:
git show --stat (hash)
That's easier to remember and it will give you all the information you need.
If you really want only the names of the files you could add the --name-only
option.
git show --stat --name-only (hash)
I use the changed alias quite often. To set it up:
git config --global alias.changed 'show --pretty="format:" --name-only'
Then:
git changed (lists files modified in last commit)
git changed bAda55 (lists files modified in this commit)
git changed bAda55..ff0021 (lists files modified between those commits)
Similar commands that may be useful:
git log --name-status --oneline (very similar, but shows what actually happened M/C/D)
git show --name-only
Use
git log --name-status
This will show you the commit id, message, the files changed and whether it was modified, created, added, or deleted. Somewhat of an all-in-one command.
Using the standard git diff
command (also good for scripting):
git diff --name-only <sha>^ <sha>
If you also want the status of the changed files:
git diff --name-status <sha>^ <sha>
This works well with merge commits.
Try this command for name and changes number of lines
git show --stat <commit-hash>
Only show file names
git show --stat --name-only <commit-hash>
For getting the last commit hash, try this command:
git log -1
Last commit with show files name and file status modify, create, or delete:
git log -1 --oneline --name-status <commit-hash>
Or for all
git log
For more advanced git log information, read these articles:
Git log format string cheat sheet
git log cheat sheet
git log
doesn't give you the filenames...
To list the files changed on a particular commit:
git show --pretty=%gd --stat <commit_id>
To list the files changed on recent commit:
git show --pretty=%gd --stat
$ git log 88ee8^..88ee8 --name-only --pretty="format:"
OK, there are a couple of ways to show all files in a particular commit...
To reduce the information and show only names of the files which committed, you simply can add --name-only
or --name-status
flag... These flags just show you the file names which are different from previous commits as you want...
So you can do git diff
followed by --name-only
, with two commit hashes after <sha0> <sha1>
. Something like below:
git diff --name-only 5f12f15 kag9f02
I also created the below image to show all steps to go through in these situations:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/dxHRm.png
Use a simple one-line command, if you just want the list of files changed in the last commit:
git diff HEAD~1 --name-only
There's also git whatchanged
, which is more low level than git log
NAME
git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces
It outputs the commit summary with a list of files beneath it with their modes and if they were added(A
), deleted(D
), or modified(M
);
$ git whatchanged f31a441398fb7834fde24c5b0c2974182a431363
Would give something like:
commit f31a441398fb7834fde24c5b0c2974182a431363
Author: xx <xx@xx.nl>
Date: Tue Sep 29 17:23:22 2015 +0200
added fb skd and XLForm
:000000 100644 0000000... 90a20d7... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationToken.h
:000000 100644 0000000... b5006d0... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationToken.m
:000000 100644 0000000... 3e7b711... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationTokenRegistration.h
:000000 100644 0000000... 9c8a7ae... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationTokenRegistration.m
:000000 100644 0000000... bd6e7a1... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationTokenSource.h
:000000 100644 0000000... 947f725... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationTokenSource.m
:000000 100644 0000000... cf7dcdf... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFDefines.h
:000000 100644 0000000... 02af9ba... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFExecutor.h
:000000 100644 0000000... 292e27c... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFExecutor.m
:000000 100644 0000000... 827071d... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFTask.h
...
I know this answer doesn't really match "with no extraneous information.", but I still think this list is more useful than just the filenames.
whatchanged
instead of supplying parameters.
I use this to get the list of changed files in a merge commit
λ git log -m -1 --name-only --pretty="format:"
configs/anotherconfig.xml
configs/configsInRepo.xml
or
λ git log -m -1 --name-status --pretty="format:"
A configs/anotherconfig.xml
M configs/configsInRepo.xml
I use this to get the list of modified files between two changesets:
git diff --name-status <SHA1> <SHA2> | cut -f2
git diff --name-status .. | grep ^[^D] | cut -f2
I like to use
git show --stat <SHA1>^..<SHA2>
I found a perfect answer to this:
git show --name-status --oneline <commit-hash>
So that I can know
which files were just modified (M)
Which files were newly added (A)
Which files were deleted (D)
I like this:
git diff --name-status <SHA1> <SHA1>^
A
& D
(add and delete) file statuses backwards, because it's showing the diff from the specified commit to the previous commit, instead of the other way around. It should be git diff --name-status <SHA1>^ <SHA1>
.
Display the log.
COMMIT
can be blank (""), the SHA-1 hash, or a shortened version of the SHA-1 hash.
git log COMMIT -1 --name-only
This will list just the files and is very useful for further processing.
git log COMMIT -1 --name-only --pretty=format:"" | grep "[^\s]"
List the files that changed in a commit:
git diff --name-only SHA1^ SHA1
This doesn't show log messages, extra newlines, or any other clutter. This works for any commit, not just the current one.
git diff SHA1^ SHA1
and git show SHA1
.
git show
also shows the commit message
Only the file list (not even commit message):
git show --name-only --pretty=format:
E.g. open all changed files in your editor:
git show --name-only --pretty=format: | xargs "$EDITOR"
git show
.
A combination of "git show --stat
" (thanks Ryan) and a couple of sed commands should trim the data down for you:
git show --stat <SHA1> | sed -n "/ [\w]\*|/p" | sed "s/|.\*$//"
That will produce just the list of modified files.
There is a simple trick to view as a file listing. Just add :
after the hash:
git show 9d3a52c474:
You can then drill in,
git show 9d3a52c474:someDir/someOtherDir
If you hit a file, you'll get the raw version of the file; which sometimes is what you want if you're only looking for a nice reference or key pieces of code (diffs can make everything a mess),
git show 9d3a52c474:someDir/someOtherDir/somefile
The only drawback of this method is that it doesn't easily show a tree of files.
List all files in a commit tree:
git ls-tree --name-only --full-tree a21e610
git show HEAD@{0}
works fine for me
git show --name-only a303aa90779efdd2f6b9d90693e2cbbbe4613c1d
Success story sharing
diff-tree
won't work when looking at the root commit.--name-only
option with--name-status
will give more clear summary.git log --name-only -n 1 <hash>
The last commit would be:git log --name-only -n 1 HEAD~1..HEAD
git show
is "porcelain" (meant to be user facing) andgit diff-tree
is "plumbing" (meant to be used programmatically, e.g. from scripts). The interface for the former may change over time (so the git maintainers could drop--name-only
although I don't imagine they would) for useability reasons, whereas the interface for the latter will be kept as stable as possible for compatibility reasons.