GitPython equivalent to git diff HEAD

Question

I have:

I know the following GitPython equivalents to git commands:

repo.index.diff(None) gives the same result as git diff - 5 modified but unstaged files
repo.index.diff('HEAD') surprisingly gives the same result as git diff --staged - 2 modified and staged files

Thus my question is, what is GitPython equivalent to git diff HEAD?

P.S. I can merge results of repo.index.diff(None) and repo.index.diff('HEAD') to get the desired output but it looks quite stupid...

The Git equivalent is of course to run git diff HEAD. There's no general-Python answer either, really, as you're looking for something built into the GitPython library. So the only appropriate tag here is gitpython... — torek
– torek, Commented Jan 31, 2020 at 15:29

Alena Volkova · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-02 08:44:25Z

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The following worked for me:

repo = git.Repo('path/to/my/repo')
print(repo.git.diff(repo.commit()))

This showed the diff for both staged and unstaged modifications.

answered Nov 2, 2021 at 8:44

Alena Volkova

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alper · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-22 10:18:39Z

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The following worked for me using GitPython.

repo = git.Repo(".")
output = repo.index.diff("HEAD")

answered Nov 18, 2021 at 12:15

alper

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