Is there a way to copy unstaged files in git to a different location?

Question

I want to "pluck" (if that's a good word for it) just the unstaged files and copy them to a different directory. I don't want any other files in the repo... just these unstaged files.

Is there a git command or shell + git command to do this?

Updating question to respond to questions:

I want to keep the file structure and files
I am open to any combo of git and shell wizardry

do you want to keep the folder structure, or just the files? — Krzysztof Krasoń, Jun 22 '16 at 14:46
Are you interested in workarounds that involve `git status` piped to `grep`, or do you expect something more out-of-the-box? — CptBartender, Jun 22 '16 at 14:49
I updated my question to respond to your comments/questions. Thanks guys. — Nathan, Jun 22 '16 at 15:24
If the files are text, you can view the files as such: `git show :`. Not sure if this is gonna help in any way. — joker, Jun 22 '16 at 18:48

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '16 at 03:44

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git ls-files -m | tar Tc - | tar Cx /path/to/other/dir

and if windows wasn't a factor I'd do the tarpipe thing with just cpio -pd /path/to/other.

answered Jun 23 '16 at 03:44

jthill

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Worked like a charm! Thanks. – Nathan Jul 02 '16 at 12:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 22 '16 at 15:56

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prefix=/xxx/
git status --porcelain | grep -e "^ M " | while read mark path
do
mkdir -p $prefix/$(dirname "$path")
cp -v "$path" $prefix/"$path"
done

prefix is the root folder of the backups.

answered Jun 22 '16 at 15:56

ElpieKay

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Didn't work. I also tried creating the prefix dir first, but still nothing. – Nathan Jun 22 '16 at 16:39

score -1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

If you use -s for --short you can get the list of files in a nice (porcelain) way:

$ git status -s
 M dir1/file1.py
 M dir2/file2.py

So then it is just a matter of looping through this list using process substitution:

while IFS=" " read -r _ file; do
   echo "$file --"  # or whatever "mv" you want to do
done < <(git status -s)

This slurps the first column using the throw away variable _ and the rest is stored in $file.

Is there a way to copy unstaged files in git to a different location?

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