# Git diff does not detect newly added files to working tree 2 messages from 2010-03-03 to 2010-03-03. Participants: jateeq, Matthieu Moy. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22895 ## jateeq, 2010-03-03 20:03 Subject: Git diff does not detect newly added files to working tree Message-ID: <27772711.post@talk.nabble.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/27772711.post%40talk.nabble.com ``` Hello, If I add a new file to a working tree, and run the following command without having staged or committed the file, according to the manual I should be able to get the name of the file - but it just doesn't show up. Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong? Note that the added file is not empty. Command: git diff --name-only --diff-filter=[ACDM*] The manual is http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-diff.html here . Fanks, Jawad -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Git-diff-does-not-detect-newly-added-files-to-working-tree-tp27772711p27772711.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ``` ## Matthieu Moy, 2010-03-03 20:12 Subject: Re: Git diff does not detect newly added files to working tree Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/vpqlje9kvvd.fsf%40bauges.imag.fr In-Reply-To: <27772711.post@talk.nabble.com> ``` jateeq writes: > Hello, > > If I add a new file to a working tree, and run the following command without > having staged or committed the file, according to the manual I should be > able to get the name of the file Which part of the manual makes you think you should see untracked files? (that's a real question ;-) ). > - but it just doesn't show up. Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong? git diff doesn't mention untracked files, but shows the diff between the working tree and the staged content for files known to git. To see the files in "git diff", you have to let Git know about these files, with "git add --intent-to-add the-file-you-want-to-see" (alias "git add -N"), or you should use "git status". -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ ```