Compare folders with git diff / diff and exclusive a certain subdirectory

Asked May 12 '21 at 14:17

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I have the following folder structure:

| folder1 
│   ├── file1
│   ├── file2
│   ├── subFolder1
│   │  ├── subFile1
│   │  ├── subFile2


| folder2
│   ├── file1
│   ├── file2
│   ├── subFolder1
│   │  ├── subFile1
│   │  ├── subFile2

I would like to check the differences between folder1 and folder2 in my desktop but excluding the subFolder1 (which have different files, but I have no interest in their differences)

Is it possible to do this with git diff or diff/ any other utility from linux?

Straight up comparison is possible with:

git diff folder1/ folder2/

However, I do not know how to exclude a folder from comparison.

I tried the commands in Exclude a directory from git diff but to no success so far. I have an an error saying:

Not a git repository
To compare two paths outside a working tree:
usage: git diff [--no-index] <path> <path>

edited May 12 '21 at 15:05

asked May 12 '21 at 14:17

Manuel Oliveira

https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bdiff%5D+exclude+directory – phd May 12 '21 at 15:10
You cannot use git-specific exclusion outside of a single repository. – phd May 12 '21 at 15:10
`diff -r -x subFolder1 folder1 folder2` – phd May 12 '21 at 15:12
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diff -r -x subFolder1 folder1 folder2| colordiff | less -R did the trick – Manuel Oliveira May 12 '21 at 15:23
any idea on how to exclude multiple subFolders? – Manuel Oliveira May 12 '21 at 17:15
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Multiple `-x`. I often use `diff -ru --speed-large-files -x CVS -x .git -x .hg -x .svn -x '*.py[co]' -x __pycache__` – phd May 12 '21 at 17:18

Compare folders with git diff / diff and exclusive a certain subdirectory

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