Git Diff

Show changes

Unstaged changes

git diff

Staged changes

git diff --staged

Both (unstaged and staged) changes

git diff HEAD

History

Diff from yesterday

git diff @{yesterday}..HEAD

Changes of the last six weeks

git diff @{6 weeks ago}..HEAD

Changes between branches

Summary (filenames and amount of changes)

git diff --compact-summary branch..master

Description	Shortcut
Jump to next file	`n`
Jump to previous file	`N`

Single file

Show file at commit hash

git show 24a255c1:src/main.rs

Show file at absolute date

git show HEAD@{2013-02-25}:src/main.rs

Show file at relative date

git show HEAD@{3 days ago}:src/main.rs

For date older than 90 days

git show (git rev-list -1 --before="2024-07-13" HEAD):src/main.rs

Restore file to previous version at revision

git checkout 24a255c1 -- src/main.rs