CODEWITHSUNDEEP
gitadditionstage
johlrogge
johlrogge

Reputation: 31

Find added files in index before an initial commit is made

I am writing a script that finds all files that are added to the stage. I have only come up with solutions that work when there is already a initial commit (ie using git diff-index --name-status HEAD). But no solution that works when there is no HEAD.

ie:

% git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/jocke/dev/agical/test/.git/

% cat >> test
content
^C
% git add --all    
% git st
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
#
#       new file:   test
#

% git diff-index --name-status HEAD
fatal: ambiguous argument 'HEAD': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions

git status seems to be able to figure out what needs to be added. There is probably some plumbing that I could use but I can't seem to find it. Any ideas?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 446

Answers (1)

manojlds
manojlds

Reputation: 301117

All you want is:

git diff --cached --name-status

And works even if there is no initial commit.

Or you want to do:

git status --porcelain

Upvotes: 1

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