Include untracked files in a diff
git diff
by default only takes into account the files that are already tracked. You may want to include untracked files to, e.g. when using git diff --stat
to see how many lines are added and deleted.
To make git diff
notice the untracked file you need to signal the
Intent to add
git add --intent-to-add [file]
git add -N [file] # equivalend
What git add -N
does is adds the [file]
path to the index, without its contents (without staging it). Now, when git diff
compares the file on disk to the index, all lines show up as newly added.
Include staged files in a diff
Another set of files that git diff
ignores are the staged files. To change that, run it with --staged
.
git diff --staged