Re: How do I get the correct modification status after running git diff?

Ok, so I think I know what I was doing wrong... i wasn't comparing the working tree with the last commit (HEAD), although I still don't know what exactly I was comparing the working tree with. On reading the manual a little more carefully, I realised the command should have been:

git diff -M --name-status HEAD

This solves the problem of newly added files, but doesn't show 'R' for renamed files even after I ask git to detect renamed files - just shows that the renamed file was deleted (doesn't detect that the new renamed file was added). So I would still appreciate some input here.

Renaming flie: mv randomfile.xml random.xml

Diffing: git diff -M --name-status HEAD

Output: D randomfile.xml

Thanks, jawad