git diff-index
Compare the working directory with a commit or tree object.
More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff-index.
- Compare the working directory with a specific commit:
git diff-index commit
- Compare a specific file or directory in working directory with a commit:
git diff-index commit path/to/file_or_directory
- Compare the working directory with the index (staging area) to check for staged changes:
git diff-index --cached commit
- Suppress output and return an exit status to check for differences:
git diff-index --quiet commit