The snippet library.
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Explain which ignore rule matches a file
Git: check-ignore -v reports the source file, line, pattern, and matched path.
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List files tracked by Git
Git: ls-files reads the index instead of listing every file in the working directory.
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List ignored untracked files
Git: Combine ignored with others so the result is specifically ignored working files.
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List newly added staged files only
Git: Filter the cached diff by added status while leaving modified files out.
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List only staged filenames
Git: The cached diff compares the index with HEAD rather than comparing working files with the index.
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List untracked files while honoring ignore rules
Git: Use others and exclude-standard together to respect repository and global ignore configuration.
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Read the exact version currently staged
Git: The colon path syntax reads a blob from the index rather than from HEAD or the working file.
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Restrict a diff to one chosen path
Git: Use the double dash separator to distinguish a filename from revisions or options.
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Summarize added and removed lines numerically
Git: Numstat provides tab-separated counts suitable for processing.
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Test whether tracked working files changed
Git: A quiet diff returns status one for differences, so handle it in a conditional.
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