Reputation: 13974

Filter `git show <commitId>` result with file extension

Consider a very big changeset. Upon doing git show <sha1>, you get changes related to all files. But I am interested only in changes made to .cpp files, rest files are not useful for my analysis.

How can I filter them out of git show result?

Any command or option.

Upvotes: 8

Answers (4)

Nagev

Reputation: 13285

Apparently Git has evolved, and allows a much simpler and intuitive syntax, e.g.:

git show b5v712n *.java

That shows only and all changes to Java files in any subdirectory. Tested with version 2.45.2 on Windows Git bash, and Linux with version 2.43.0.

Upvotes: 0

ElpieKay

Reputation: 30938

git show -- *.cpp works. Without --, the glob seems unable to work properly.

Upvotes: 5

Saurav Sahu

Reputation: 13974

Answer given by @ElipieKay in comment section worked for me.

Prints file names having .cpp extension.

git show --name-status 29a9f891fd -- *.cpp

Display the changes done to files with .cpp extension.

git show 29a9f891fd -- *.cpp

Upvotes: 2

CB Bailey

Reputation: 792897

You can filter the diff which git show outputs by providing paths or patterns to match. So in your case:

git show "*.cpp"

You need to use the appropriate quoting for your shell to ensure that Git sees the wildcard (*.cpp) and that it isn't expanded by you shell first.

Upvotes: 2

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