Git diff -name-only with full file path

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currently using:

git diff -name-status

Now this will only give me the following output:

README.md
created.txt
test.txt

However I am looking for something more like this:

/User/github/README.md
/User/github/created.txt
/User/github/test.txt

Does anyone know if something like this is possible?

To clarify: the comment from the linked post states: All output will return paths relative to git rev-parse --show-toplevel this is exactly the issue as I would want the path prior to the top level to be included.

Possible duplicate of Making git diff --stat show full file path — Obsidian Age
– Obsidian Age, Commented Feb 14, 2019 at 19:39
if you try to run the answers on that page the output is not what i am explaining. I am looking for system file paths outside of the git folders, and that answer only seems to explain file paths inside the git folder. — A. Hill
– A. Hill, Commented Feb 14, 2019 at 19:41

tfwright · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-19 19:10:18Z

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Building on torek's answer, I was able to achieve this in one line using the --line-prefix flag:

git diff --name-only --line-prefix=`git rev-parse --show-toplevel`/ HEAD release

edited Nov 19, 2019 at 19:10

answered Nov 19, 2019 at 16:36

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Gi0rgi0s Over a year ago

why not this? git diff --name-only --line-prefix="${PWD}/" HEAD master

Shawn Over a year ago

The rev-parse answer worked well for me. PWD works if you are currently at the repo root.

CervEd Over a year ago

@Gi0rgi0s PWD is the current directory of the shell and as such is much less reliable

John Rocha Over a year ago

While the accepted answer works, I believe this to be the best answer in the spirit of using the git tool to it's fullest.

torek · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-14 21:41:38Z

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Just add the top level yourself:

git rev-parse --show-toplevel

prints the path to the Git repository.

Feed the diff --name-only output through, e.g., sed -e "s,^,$path," (assuming no commas in your path name):

git-diff-with-abs-path() {
    local path

    path=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) &&
    git diff --name-only "$@" | sed "s,^,$path/,"
}

Edit #2: for --name-status, the name comes after a literal tab, so:

git-diff-with-abs-path() {
    local path tab=$'\t'

    path=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) &&
    git diff --name-status "$@" | sed "s,$tab,$tab$path/,"
}

Fancy this up a bit and you can make it pick --name-only or --name-status out of the $@ part and compute the correct sed expression, rather than hardcoding --name-only or --name-status.

edited Feb 14, 2019 at 21:41

answered Feb 14, 2019 at 20:02

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A. Hill Over a year ago

One thing this does not do though is include the added modified deleted tag (which does show in name status) I guess i can append it to the back of the command somehow. but if there was a way to do something like: ' A /User/github/README.md M /User/github/Test.txt ' That would be more ideal

torek Over a year ago

True, this is for --name-only. To handle --name-status, use a literal tab instead. I'll edit that into the answer.

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