List all changed files in git repo from the beginning of master up to specific commit

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I have a repo with master branch started from scratch and HEAD pointing on arbitrary commit. I'd like to get list of all changed files from the beginning of the branch up to commit B. I could accomplish that using

git diff --name-only A..B

But unfortunately there is no commit A.

Is there a way to point on «beginning of the time» or any other command for getting list of changed files up to specific commit?

Yeah, interesting that there doesn't seem to be a 'beginning of time' or 0000000 code permitted in `git rev-parse`. — fche, Aug 26 '16 at 13:01
Actually, the beginning of time could be referred by using the following hash: `git mktree — Alexander Sergeyev, Aug 26 '16 at 13:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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Here is your answer:

git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD is the initial commit.

git diff --name-only `git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD`..B will show you the list of files that differ between the initial commit and commit B

EDIT:

Here a clever hack is mentioned - creating an empty tree object:

git diff --name-only $(git mktree </dev/null)..B

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Aug 26 '16 at 12:32

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Unfortunately, that's not the answer. I need to include first commit in the change list, not to diff starting from it. – Alvar Aug 26 '16 at 12:49

List all changed files in git repo from the beginning of master up to specific commit

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