list-all-files-changed-between-two-branches.md

List All Files Changed Between Two Branches

The git-diff command can help with finding all files that have changed between two branches. For instance, if you are at the HEAD of your current feature branch and you'd like to see the list of files that have changed since being in sync with the master branch, you'd formulate a command like the following:

$ git diff --name-only master

The --name-only flag is important because it cuts out the rest of the non-essential output.

You'll want to list the older branch first and the current branch second as a way of showing what has changed from the original branch to get to the current branch.

Though the example shows the use of branches any git reference can be used to see what has changed between two commits.

See man git-diff for more details.