Get a list of changed files and their status for a specific Git commit

Question

I use the following Git command

git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r <SHA>

to get a list of changed files.

Unfortunately, the list doesn't specify the type of change for each file: added, modified or deleted ... etc

How may I display a list of changes [type of change, file name] in a given SHA of a specific commit.

Solution 1

Use --name-status instead of --name-only

git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-status -r <SHA>

This will show the filename with a status letter of (extracted from man): Added (A), Copied (C), Deleted (D), Modified (M), Renamed (R), have their type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (T), are Unmerged (U), are Unknown (X), or have had their pairing Broken (B).

Solution 2

Use

git whatchanged 

to see the last commit

Solution 3

Thanks to hvd's comment on stdcall's answer,

Your original answer, which included the git whatchanged SHA-1 form, was almost right: add the -1 option to get only that specific commit.

here is the solution for those who are interested:

git whatchanged <SHA> -1

Another solution is:

git diff-tree --no-commit-id -r <SHA>

Solution 4

git checkout <commit>
git whatchanged -1

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