git diff master --name-only doesn't show relative paths like git status does

Asked Nov 09 '20 at 14:54

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When I run git status I see what files changed relative to my cwd. This is super useful because I can copy paste those paths if I want to do something to those files.

When I run git git diff somebranch --name-only though it shows me the paths of the files relative to the top level dir of the repo. I was looking and didn't see a param - is there a switch to have git diff somebranch --name-only return the file paths relative to my cwd?

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It looks like you have to filter the `git diff --name-only` output via a filter like `realpath` or `symlinks` (neither seemed to work for me) and then wrap it in an alias if it succeeds. – terrorrussia-keeps-killing Nov 09 '20 at 15:13
fine if git doesnt support it but figured id ask in case there was a hidden feature/switch I missed :) – red888 Nov 09 '20 at 15:14
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23000086/git-diff-output-relative-path ? – matt Nov 09 '20 at 15:16
Don't know why this question got downvoted as it shows the inconsistency between the defaults in various git commands. – terrorrussia-keeps-killing Nov 09 '20 at 15:20
it was a duplicate. I suppose I could have googled my way to it if I searched for something like `how to git diff relative path` – red888 Nov 09 '20 at 15:22

git diff master --name-only doesn't show relative paths like git status does

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