# diff --diff-filter on modified but locally deleted files 3 messages from 2016-08-17 to 2016-08-17. Participants: Robert Dailey, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43869 ## Robert Dailey, 2016-08-17 18:04 Subject: diff --diff-filter on modified but locally deleted files Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHd499D50TLMYtAovTF80ev0%3D2u%3D9yyMNcq6-he3Ba2kXzqW9g%40mail.gmail.com ``` My use case is that I do a merge from branch A to branch B. Branch A modified a file which is already deleted on B some time before the merge. When I do a `git status -sb`, these locally deleted but remotely modified files show up as "DU". I want to invoke git status or diff (or something else) to get a list of these specific conflicts (locally deleted, remotely modified). I tried this: $ git diff --diff-filter=D --name-status This gave me no results. I also tried adding --cached, didn't make a difference. If I just do this: $ git diff --name-status This lists those files as just U instead of DU. So I'm not sure where the "D" is coming from in this case. Is there a way I can get a list of these specific conflicts? I'd like to rely on working/index status for this if possible, since as I resolve these conflicts I want the list to shorten and only show unresolved conflicts of this type. Which rules out a diff range between B...A that I could do. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2016-08-17 18:34 Subject: Re: diff --diff-filter on modified but locally deleted files Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqq8tvv9rcd.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Robert Dailey writes: > My use case is that I do a merge from branch A to branch B. Branch A > modified a file which is already deleted on B some time before the > merge. > > When I do a `git status -sb`, these locally deleted but remotely > modified files show up as "DU". > > I want to invoke git status or diff (or something else) to get a list > of these specific conflicts (locally deleted, remotely modified). As far as "git diff [--cached]" (which is "compare HEAD with the working tree through index") is concerned, these paths are in the "U"nmerged category, so you'd give "U" to diff-filter to view them. Of course, that would give you other kinds of unmerged entries. If you know they show up as DU, why not "grep DU" in that output? ``` ## Robert Dailey, 2016-08-17 18:47 Subject: Re: diff --diff-filter on modified but locally deleted files Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHd499AP9VnQ8cVioc5aPQ7qUPdV%3Di70o58OW1Sh6uYOMf1W7Q%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Robert Dailey writes: > >> My use case is that I do a merge from branch A to branch B. Branch A >> modified a file which is already deleted on B some time before the >> merge. >> >> When I do a `git status -sb`, these locally deleted but remotely >> modified files show up as "DU". >> >> I want to invoke git status or diff (or something else) to get a list >> of these specific conflicts (locally deleted, remotely modified). > > As far as "git diff [--cached]" (which is "compare HEAD with the > working tree through index") is concerned, these paths are in the > "U"nmerged category, so you'd give "U" to diff-filter to view them. > Of course, that would give you other kinds of unmerged entries. > > If you know they show up as DU, why not "grep DU" in that output? I'm happy to do that and in fact considered it, but since --diff-filter exists, I figured it might solve the problem. I also need a better understanding of how diff-filter works since it technically has 2 sides during a merge conflict. I guess it functions only on the right (local) side. Thanks Junio. ```