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

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Mar 4, 2010, 16:39 UTC
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jateeq <jawad_atiq@hotmail.com> writes:
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> Renaming flie:
> mv randomfile.xml random.xml
>
> Diffing:
> git diff -M --name-status HEAD
>
> Output:
> D      randomfile.xml

random.xml is an untracked file, thus ignored. You need to add -N it first.

Andreas.
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