diff-tree

Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects.

See the files changed in a specific commit

Usage

git diff-tree [--stdin] [-m] [-c] [--cc] [-s] [-v] [--pretty] [-t] [-r] [--root] [<common-diff-options>] <tree-ish> [<tree-ish>] [<path>...]

Option	Explanation
-r	diff recursively
—root	include the initial commit as diff against /dev/null

Common diff options

Option	Explanation
-z	output diff-raw with lines terminated with NUL.
-p	output patch format.
-u	synonym for -p.
—patch-with-raw	output both a patch and the diff-raw format.
—stat	show diffstat instead of patch.
—numstat	show numeric diffstat instead of patch.
—patch-with-stat	output a patch and prepend its diffstat.
—name-only	show only names of changed files.
—name-status	show names and status of changed files.
—full-index	show full object name on index lines.
—abbrev=	abbreviate object names in diff-tree header and diff-raw.
-R	swap input file pairs.
-B	detect complete rewrites.
-M	detect renames.
-C	detect copies.
—find-copies-harder	try unchanged files as candidate for copy detection.
-l	limit rename attempts up to paths.
-O	reorder diffs according to the .
-S	find filepair whose only one side contains the string.
—pickaxe-all	show all files diff when -S is used and hit is found.
-a —text	treat all files as text.