Re: tool to diff cache <-> working directory

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: May 6, 2005, 01:33 UTC
Message-ID: <7vhdhhf88u.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050506002347.GU20994@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

>>>>> "TG" == Thomas Glanzmann <sithglan@stud.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

TG> Is there a tool to compare cache with working directory TG> similiar to diff-tree, diff-cache and diff-files?

    git-diff-tree tree1 tree2           two trees
    git-diff-cache --cached tree1	cache and tree
    git-diff-cache tree1		tree and working directory
    git-diff-files                      cache and working directory

So git-diff-files is not just similar to but exactly is what you want if I read your question correctly.

TG> Or is there a way to find out the SHA checksum of a file in TG> a working directory without adding it to a temporary cache?

Yes there is a way, git-write-blob, but why would you want to do that?