【Git Snippets】Git diff

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View differences in changes

Displays differences between staged or unstaged changes and the last commit.

• Use git diff to view differences between your unstaged changes and the last commit.
• You can use the --staged option to view differences between your staged changes and the last commit instead.

$ git diff [--staged]

Example

$ git diff
# Displays the differences between unstaged changes and the last commit

$ git diff --staged
# Displays the differences between staged changes and the last commit

• Distinction
  • ⭐unstaged changes: before execute git add . , like this picture:
  • ⭐staged changes: after execute git add . , but before git commit -m !

🔥Here shows the operation:

① before git add

② after git add & before git commit

③ show the diff after git commit

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