how do I find a list of files committed to a git branch?

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How do I list all the files that I committed to a specific branch? I've committed about 40+ files to a branch, and I need to find the file names because I am trying to debug something, hard to do when I don't remember the file names.

git log only gives me a long list of commits but not the actual files.

score 42 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '12 at 22:07

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Have you tried git ls-tree?

git ls-tree --name-only -r <branch_name>

--name-only gives you just the file names. -r recurses into sub directories.

If you want the name of the sub-directory listed before recursing into it, add -t to the argument list.

answered Jan 22 '12 at 22:07

Carl

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Wonderful answer. The question you answered is not immediately obvious, and I do know about git log. – octopusgrabbus Apr 07 '15 at 18:36
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i got list of tons of files instead of just few from my branch. `git log --name-only` looks like the appropriate answer to see files modified by commits in the branch – Eugene Jul 04 '17 at 16:46
@Eugene: A down vote is a bit harsh, don't you think? – Carl Jul 05 '17 at 20:01
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@Carl because ? i think that answer is wrong and offered solution doesn't work i should up vote it ? i have up voted the answer below. this is the purpose of these 2 arrows - to outline the best solution which is appropriate for the most of users. – Eugene Jul 06 '17 at 06:42
Perfect! Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for. – 5lb Bass Oct 09 '18 at 19:55
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`git ls-tree --name-only $branch $directory/` for a list of a specific directory – Hashbrown Sep 12 '19 at 10:19

score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '13 at 15:43

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git log --name-only worked for me.

answered Sep 12 '13 at 15:43

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This was the only answer that seems to actually address the question. Thanks! – SMBiggs Sep 03 '15 at 15:22
this should be the approved answer – simpson Jul 11 '21 at 08:08
After running this command we were not able to exit, so found https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9483757/how-to-exit-git-log-or-git-diff – Code_S Dec 26 '22 at 07:32

KL-7 · Answer 3 · 2012-01-22T21:27:06.223

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If your branch was derived from master you can use this command to list all new files that where added after branching:

git diff master...new-branch --name-status --diff-filter=A

Available filter for --diff-filter are:

Added (A), Copied (C), Deleted (D), Modified (M), Renamed (R)

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answered Jan 22 '12 at 21:09

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I you expect to get some help, you should provide more information. Do you get wrong output? Do you get an error? – KL-7 Aug 17 '12 at 13:00
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This worked for me. I created a branch, made some commits and was looking for only the modified files. The ls-tree solution gave me all the files in my initial checkout - dunno why - but this gave me only the modified files in the new branch. Thanks a lot!! – corl Sep 06 '14 at 04:25

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 22 '12 at 21:04

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The git ls-files command lists all the files that exist in the latest commit on the current branch.

Or, you can use git diff --name-only to show a list of the files that are different between any two arbitrary commits.

answered Jan 22 '12 at 21:04

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score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 22 '12 at 21:09

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git log --name-status will give the names and status of changed files in each commit

answered Jan 22 '12 at 21:09

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by name you mean the branch name? – iCodeLikeImDrunk Jan 22 '12 at 21:13
perfect answer , briliant – Ijaz Ahmad Sep 01 '17 at 21:45

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 03 '17 at 06:42

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git log --name-only Worked for me.

answered Oct 03 '17 at 06:42

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 29 '14 at 12:18

This one can be useful, if you want to know all distinct files that got modified since branching:

git log --name-status develop...branchname | grep -E "^[AMD]\s" | sort -u

And this variant will list the subset of them that you modified:

git log --name-status develop...branchname --author= | grep -E "^[AMD]\s" | sort -u

score -1 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 22 '12 at 21:11

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try using smartgit. it is gui client for git. it has very useful UI and is free for non-commercial use.

answered Jan 22 '12 at 21:11

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This didn't answer his question directly, but the information is useful. Thanks. – octopusgrabbus Apr 07 '15 at 18:41
Soooo, how do you use smartgit to see what files have been committed? That would actually answer the question. – SMBiggs Sep 03 '15 at 15:31
@Scott Biggs, see log with `ctrl+L` for repository, folder or file. In logs windows *select two commits* to see diff between them with list of files, and compare pane. – kyb Apr 16 '18 at 17:37

score -2 · Answer 9 · edited Jul 19 '18 at 21:55

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git diff development...crmq-2405 --name-status --diff-filter=A

will list all files that have been added to the new branch that are not in the mail - in this case development main branch.

git diff development...crmq-2405 --name-status

This variant will show all files in the new branch

Generic form:

git diff main_branch...new_branch --name-status

and yes, order does matter.

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answered Jul 19 '18 at 19:03

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I think this is being downvoted because the parameters are in fact backward. I got zero results for `development…base`, but `git diff base..development --name-status --diff-filter=A` did list off the four new files in my dev branch. – cbowns Mar 13 '20 at 23:27

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