Force git status to show only filenames, without path

Question

Is there a possibility to use e.g sed tool to make git status display only the filename, without any path? Instead of:

/relative/path/to/file/filename.py

I would welcome just:

filename.py

I have very long paths in my project, what makes the output of git status hardly readable.

Example of git status output:

modified:   d/da/mvp/view/dialogelement/composite/Tab.py
modified:   da/dab/core/api/Messages.py

If all the changes are in one directory, you can get some mileage by cd'ing into that folder. — Mad Physicist, Dec 28 '18 at 14:20
I'm not at a computer right now. Could you post a sample output (fake dir or two) of git status? — Mad Physicist, Dec 28 '18 at 14:25
I think is same https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5237605/how-can-i-run-git-status-and-just-get-the-filenames — Maksym Bodnar, Dec 28 '18 at 14:33
Possible duplicate of [How can I run "git status" and just get the filenames](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5237605/how-can-i-run-git-status-and-just-get-the-filenames) — phd, Dec 28 '18 at 15:52
Just to clarify, your output lines actually look like this, right? `# modified: da/dab/core/api/Messages.py`. ` — Mad Physicist, Dec 28 '18 at 16:10

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '18 at 14:32

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With Bash:

for fname in $(git status --short | cut -d ' ' -f 2); do basename $fname; done

Will gives you expected output. But be careful, directories will appears as files.

answered Dec 28 '18 at 14:32

Arount

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It has some disadvantage - when there are sections of Modified and Untracked files, it shows only the lower one, but it's a great help anyway. Thanks – Krzysztof Dec 28 '18 at 14:40
@Krzysztof tell me more please, looks like fun to dig in – Arount Dec 28 '18 at 14:41
Your command doesn't detect anything above: Untracked files: (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed) – Krzysztof Dec 28 '18 at 14:42
@Krzysztof really? here is my output https://gist.github.com/arount/840115d3deca8048ef57ca693aff919d (`four` is outputed by my command) – Arount Dec 28 '18 at 14:44

Mad Physicist · Answer 2 · 2018-12-28T16:43:44.423

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You could do something like this:

git status | sed 's-\(#\t\+modified: \+\)\(.*/\)\([^/]\+\)-\1.../\3-'

This will replace any text starting with modified: and a bunch of spaces containing slashes with .../ until the last slash. The prefix, spaces and last part of the path will be untouched.

A similar result can be achieved with fewer backslashes using the -E or -r flag:

git status | sed -E 's-(#\t+modified: +)(.*/)([^/]+)-\1.../\3-'

edited Dec 28 '18 at 16:43

answered Dec 28 '18 at 14:30

Mad Physicist

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Nope, it only removed the word 'modified: ' in the beginning – Krzysztof Dec 28 '18 at 14:32
@Krzysztof. Updated – Mad Physicist Dec 28 '18 at 14:33
@Krzysztof. I've updated my answer (after testing this time) :) – Mad Physicist Dec 28 '18 at 16:44

Force git status to show only filenames, without path

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