Re: create easy to parse list of added / ,odified files

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 3, 2010, 06:39 UTC
Message-ID: <20100903063917.GA13519@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <i5q524$9fc$1@dough.gmane.org>

Hi,

Gelonida wrote:

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> for a pre-commit trigger I would like to retrieve the list of modified
> files, such, that I could analyze the contents prior to commit.
> 
> what would be the best command for this
> 
> 
> I thought about using "git status", but wondered, which other command
> might return a nicer to parse list.

If you look at the git(1) man page, you will find a number of such "low-level (plumbing) interrogation commands" listed. For example:

 . git diff-index
 . git diff-files
 . git update-index
 . git status --porcelain

Hope that helps.