git diff
thinks there are no changes..even if git status
reports them as modified?
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 2 commits.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
Changes to be committed:
(use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
new file: file-added
modified: file-with-changes << it knows there are changes
but in order to see the difference, I need to explicitly add the last reversion hash..
$ git diff
(nothing)
$ git diff rev-hash
diff --git a/file-with-changes b/file-with-changes
index d251979..a5fff1c 100644
--- a/file-with-changes
+++ b/file-with-changes
.
..
Please try git diff --staged
command.
Alternative options available are listed below.
git diff
shows changes between index/staging and working files. Since, in your case, git add
moved your files-with-changes
to staging area, there were no modifications shown/seen.
git diff --staged
shows changes between HEAD and index/staging. git diff --cached
also does the same thing. staged
and cached
can be used interchangeably.
git diff HEAD
shows changes between HEAD and working files
git diff $commit $commit
shows changes between 2 commits
git diff origin
shows diff between HEAD & remote/origin