How to make git status show only staged files

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I would like to get a list of only the staged filenames. I can't find the equivalent flag for --name-only for the git status command. What is a good alternative?

The file list will be piped to php -l (PHP lint syntax checker).

Solution: the complete command

git diff --name-only --cached | xargs -l php -l

If you're running that command manually, it sounds like you might want to put it into a pre-commit hook. http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/githooks.html — MatrixFrog, Dec 24 '10 at 22:55

score 138 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '10 at 07:59

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Use git diff --name-only (with --cached to get the staged files)

answered Dec 24 '10 at 07:59

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score 17 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 27 '19 at 21:12

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The accepted answer won't let you know what kind of changes were there.

Yes, If you are not syntax checker but an ordinary person with a repository full of unstaged files, and you still want to know what will happen to staged files - there is another command:

git status --short | grep '^[MARCD]'

which leads to something like:

M  dir/modified_file
A  dir/new_file
R  dir/renamed -> dir/renamed_to
C  dir/copied_file
D  dir/deleted_file

Obviously, this files were staged, and after git commit:
deleted_file will be deleted,
new_file will be added,
renamed_file will become a renamed_to.

Here is an explanation of short-format output: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-status#_short_format

edited Aug 27 '19 at 21:12

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answered Jun 06 '18 at 13:54

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1. in my version (2.25.0.windows.1) there's a space **before** "M" and "D". 2. There's also another state - "??" which I'm not sure how to interpret. – itsho Feb 24 '20 at 14:23
@itsho the space indicates that it is not staged. This answer is correct because it matches on the first character in the line. If the first char is set then it's a staged file. If it's a space it's ignored. – Avner Apr 06 '20 at 06:09
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This is genius! - there should be a git flag for similar thing – Norfeldt Sep 09 '20 at 20:47

Norfeldt · Answer 3 · 2020-11-19T19:47:45.823

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Inspired by @coffman21's answer I have setup the following alias in my .zshrc

alias gst="git status"
alias gst-staged="git status --short | grep '^\w.'"
alias gst-unstaged="git status  --short | grep '^\W.'"
alias gst-unstaged-tracked="git status  --short | grep '^\s.'"
alias gst-untracked="git status --short | grep '^??'"

It might be of use to anyone else. So adding it to the stack of answers.

edited Nov 19 '20 at 19:47

answered Sep 09 '20 at 21:02

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for consistent coloring you can add a `.` in grep, to color both 2 initial chars, like: `grep '^\w.'`, `grep '^\W.'`, `grep '^\s.'` – geekley Nov 14 '20 at 00:45
no need on the last one, though; it already has two chars `??` – geekley Nov 19 '20 at 18:48
That has now been fixed. Thanks again – Norfeldt Nov 19 '20 at 19:48

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 27 '21 at 07:11

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To view which files are staged ,

git ls-files

answered Feb 27 '21 at 07:11

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velocity · Answer 5 · 2020-02-14T15:01:03.027

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to view staged files with code changes

git diff --staged

or using --cached which is synonym for --staged

git diff --cached

or to view only file names without code changes

git diff --staged --name-only

git-diff manual

edited Feb 14 '20 at 15:01

answered Feb 14 '20 at 14:41

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