git diff noindex exclude files

Question

Does any one how to exclude files when comparing folders with git diff --no-index ? It seems this option

':(exclude)*.min.css'

does not work with no-index (outside working tree)

Answer 1

The pathspec :(exclude) and its short form :! or :^ is available only within a Git working tree.

So:

• either, as commented, you can put it in a (temporary) git local repo (git init . + git add) or
• you would need to do your git diff --no-index in a find -exec command with exclude directives.