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From: jateeq <jawad_atiq@hotmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How do I get the correct modification status after running git diff?
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 08:11:13 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <27782895.post@talk.nabble.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <27782430.post@talk.nabble.com>


Ok, so I think I know what I was doing wrong... i wasn't comparing the
working tree with the last commit (HEAD), although I still don't know what
exactly I was comparing the working tree with. On reading the manual a
little more carefully, I realised the command should have been: 

git diff -M --name-status HEAD

This solves the problem of newly added files, but doesn't show 'R' for
renamed files even after I ask git to detect renamed files - just shows that
the renamed file was deleted (doesn't detect that the new renamed file was
added). So I would still appreciate some input here.

Renaming flie:
mv randomfile.xml random.xml

Diffing:
git diff -M --name-status HEAD

Output:
D      randomfile.xml

Thanks, 
jawad

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-04 16:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-04 15:40 How do I get the correct modification status after running git diff? jateeq
2010-03-04 16:11 ` jateeq [this message]
2010-03-04 16:34   ` Michael J Gruber
2010-03-04 16:39   ` Andreas Schwab

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