How do I list all of the files in a commit?
GitGit ShowGit Problem Overview
I am looking for a simple Git command that provides a nicely formatted list of all files that were part of the commit given by a hash (SHA-1), with no extraneous information.
I have tried:
git show a303aa90779efdd2f6b9d90693e2cbbbe4613c1d
Although it lists the files, it also includes unwanted diff information for each.
Is there another git
command that will provide just the list I want, so that I can avoid parsing it from the git show
output?
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
Preferred Way (because it's a plumbing command; meant to be programmatic):
$ git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r bd61ad98
index.html
javascript/application.js
javascript/ie6.js
Another Way (less preferred for scripts, because it's a porcelain command; meant to be user-facing)
$ git show --pretty="" --name-only bd61ad98
index.html
javascript/application.js
javascript/ie6.js
- The
--no-commit-id
suppresses the commit ID output. - The
--pretty
argument specifies an empty format string to avoid the cruft at the beginning. - The
--name-only
argument shows only the file names that were affected (Thanks Hank). Use--name-status
instead, if you want to see what happened to each file (Deleted, Modified, Added) - The
-r
argument is to recurse into sub-trees
Solution 2 - Git
If you want to get the list of changed files:
git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r <commit-ish>
If you want to get the list of all files in a commit, you can use
git ls-tree --name-only -r <commit-ish>
Solution 3 - Git
I'll just assume that gitk
is not desired for this. In that case, try git show --name-only <sha>
.
Solution 4 - Git
I personally use the combination of --stat and --oneline with the show command:
git show --stat --oneline HEAD
git show --stat --oneline b24f5fb
git show --stat --oneline HEAD^^..HEAD
If you do not like/want the addition/removal stats, you can replace --stat with --name-only
git show --name-only --oneline HEAD
git show --name-only --oneline b24f5fb
git show --name-only --oneline HEAD^^..HEAD
Solution 5 - Git
You can also do
git log --name-only
and you can browse through various commits, commit messages and the changed files.
Type q to get your prompt back.
Solution 6 - Git
Recently I needed to list all changed files between two commits. So I used this (also *nix specific) command
git show --pretty="format:" --name-only START_COMMIT..END_COMMIT | sort | uniq
Or as Ethan points out:
git diff --name-only START_COMMIT..END_COMMIT
Using --name-status
will also include the change (added, modified, deleted, etc.) next to each file:
git diff --name-status START_COMMIT..END_COMMIT
Solution 7 - Git
Simplest form:
git show --stat (hash)
That's easier to remember and it will give you all the information you need.
If you really want only the names of the files you could add the --name-only
option.
git show --stat --name-only (hash)
Solution 8 - Git
I use the changed alias quite often. To set it up:
git config --global alias.changed 'show --pretty="format:" --name-only'
Then:
git changed (lists files modified in last commit)
git changed bAda55 (lists files modified in this commit)
git changed bAda55..ff0021 (lists files modified between those commits)
Similar commands that may be useful:
git log --name-status --oneline (very similar, but shows what actually happened M/C/D)
git show --name-only
Solution 9 - Git
Use
git log --name-status
This will show you the commit id, message, the files changed and whether it was modified, created, added, or deleted. Somewhat of an all-in-one command.
Solution 10 - Git
Using the standard git diff
command (also good for scripting):
git diff --name-only <sha>^ <sha>
If you also want the status of the changed files:
git diff --name-status <sha>^ <sha>
This works well with merge commits.
Solution 11 - Git
Try this command for name and changes number of lines
git show --stat <commit-hash>
Only show file names
git show --stat --name-only <commit-hash>
For getting the last commit hash, try this command:
git log -1
Last commit with show files name and file status modify, create, or delete:
git log -1 --oneline --name-status <commit-hash>
Or for all
git log
For more advanced git log information, read these articles:
Solution 12 - Git
$ git log 88ee8^..88ee8 --name-only --pretty="format:"
Solution 13 - Git
To list the files changed on a particular commit:
git show --pretty=%gd --stat <commit_id>
To list the files changed on recent commit:
git show --pretty=%gd --stat
Solution 14 - Git
OK, there are a couple of ways to show all files in a particular commit...
To reduce the information and show only names of the files which committed, you simply can add --name-only
or --name-status
flag... These flags just show you the file names which are different from previous commits as you want...
So you can do git diff
followed by --name-only
, with two commit hashes after <sha0> <sha1>
. Something like below:
git diff --name-only 5f12f15 kag9f02
I also created the below image to show all steps to go through in these situations:
Solution 15 - Git
Use a simple one-line command, if you just want the list of files changed in the last commit:
git diff HEAD~1 --name-only
Solution 16 - Git
There's also git whatchanged
, which is more low level than git log
NAME
git-whatchanged - Show logs with difference each commit introduces
It outputs the commit summary with a list of files beneath it with their modes and if they were added(A
), deleted(D
), or modified(M
);
$ git whatchanged f31a441398fb7834fde24c5b0c2974182a431363
Would give something like:
commit f31a441398fb7834fde24c5b0c2974182a431363
Author: xx <xx@xx.nl>
Date: Tue Sep 29 17:23:22 2015 +0200
added fb skd and XLForm
:000000 100644 0000000... 90a20d7... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationToken.h
:000000 100644 0000000... b5006d0... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationToken.m
:000000 100644 0000000... 3e7b711... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationTokenRegistration.h
:000000 100644 0000000... 9c8a7ae... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationTokenRegistration.m
:000000 100644 0000000... bd6e7a1... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationTokenSource.h
:000000 100644 0000000... 947f725... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFCancellationTokenSource.m
:000000 100644 0000000... cf7dcdf... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFDefines.h
:000000 100644 0000000... 02af9ba... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFExecutor.h
:000000 100644 0000000... 292e27c... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFExecutor.m
:000000 100644 0000000... 827071d... A Pods/Bolts/Bolts/Common/BFTask.h
...
I know this answer doesn't really match "with no extraneous information.", but I still think this list is more useful than just the filenames.
Solution 17 - Git
I use this to get the list of modified files between two changesets:
git diff --name-status <SHA1> <SHA2> | cut -f2
Solution 18 - Git
I use this to get the list of changed files in a merge commit
λ git log -m -1 --name-only --pretty="format:"
configs/anotherconfig.xml
configs/configsInRepo.xml
or
λ git log -m -1 --name-status --pretty="format:"
A configs/anotherconfig.xml
M configs/configsInRepo.xml
Solution 19 - Git
I like to use
git show --stat <SHA1>^..<SHA2>
Solution 20 - Git
I found a perfect answer to this:
git show --name-status --oneline <commit-hash>
So that I can know
-
which files were just modified (M)
-
Which files were newly added (A)
-
Which files were deleted (D)
Solution 21 - Git
I like this:
git diff --name-status <SHA1> <SHA1>^
Solution 22 - Git
Display the log.
COMMIT
can be blank (""), the SHA-1 hash, or a shortened version of the SHA-1 hash.
git log COMMIT -1 --name-only
This will list just the files and is very useful for further processing.
git log COMMIT -1 --name-only --pretty=format:"" | grep "[^\s]"
Solution 23 - Git
List the files that changed in a commit:
git diff --name-only SHA1^ SHA1
This doesn't show log messages, extra newlines, or any other clutter. This works for any commit, not just the current one.
Solution 24 - Git
Only the file list (not even commit message):
git show --name-only --pretty=format:
E.g. open all changed files in your editor:
git show --name-only --pretty=format: | xargs "$EDITOR"
Solution 25 - Git
A combination of "git show --stat
" (thanks Ryan) and a couple of sed commands should trim the data down for you:
git show --stat <SHA1> | sed -n "/ [\w]\*|/p" | sed "s/|.\*$//"
That will produce just the list of modified files.
Solution 26 - Git
There is a simple trick to view as a file listing. Just add :
after the hash:
git show 9d3a52c474:
You can then drill in,
git show 9d3a52c474:someDir/someOtherDir
If you hit a file, you'll get the raw version of the file; which sometimes is what you want if you're only looking for a nice reference or key pieces of code (diffs can make everything a mess),
git show 9d3a52c474:someDir/someOtherDir/somefile
The only drawback of this method is that it doesn't easily show a tree of files.
Solution 27 - Git
List all files in a commit tree:
git ls-tree --name-only --full-tree a21e610
Solution 28 - Git
git show HEAD@{0}
works fine for me