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tool to diff cache <-> working directory

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TGThomas Glanzmann <sithglan@stud.uni-erlangen.de>
Date
May 6, 2005, 00:23 UTC
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<20050506002347.GU20994@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Hello, is there a tool to compare cache with working directory similiar to diff-tree, diff-cache and diff-files? Or is there a way to find out the SHA checksum of a file in a working directory without adding it to a temporary cache?

	Thomas
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