Re: Newbie question: how can I list added files?

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jun 23, 2010, 18:30 UTC
Message-ID: <20100623183050.GA20842@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikE2ylLXk5XxNGvcvol6R-puSTzPurdLcNMYaZJ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:50:11AM -0700, Bruce Korb wrote:

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> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > "git diff --name-only --diff-filter=A HEAD"?
> 
> Thank you, but "Nope."
> My added file doesn't show anything and not using the
> "--diff-filter" thing shows both added and not added files:
> 
> $ git diff --name-only --diff-filter=A HEAD
> $ git-status
> # On branch master
> # Changes to be committed:
> #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
> #
> #       modified:   sw/embedded/platform/strad/scripts/mk_relsrc.sh
> [...]
> $ git diff --name-only HEAD
> chip/chopin2/up/hdl/.sopc_builder/install.ptf
> chip/mozart/up_oam/hdl/.sopc_builder/install.ptf
> chip/mozart2/up/hdl/.sopc_builder/install.ptf
> chip/mozart2/up_ft/hdl/.sopc_builder/install.ptf
> sw/embedded/nios2/system/system.stf
> sw/embedded/platform/strad/scripts/mk_relsrc.sh
> sw/projects/nios2/modules/system/lib/system.stf

Usually when we say "added file", it means "a new file which has just been added". Did you mean "a file which was modified, but whose contents I have already added to the index"?

In that case, I think you just want:

  git diff --cached --name-only

to see files that differ between the index and HEAD (i.e., things which will be committed).

-Peff