Git diff HEAD vs
What is the difference between git diff HEAD and git diff --staged ? I tried both but both give give the same output.
Suppose this output for git status :
$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
# (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
# new file: y
#
# Changes not staged for commit:
# (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
# (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
# modified: x
#
As you see, there is one file modified but not staged for commit, and a new file added that is ready to be committed.
git diff --staged will only show changes to files in the "staged" area.
git diff HEAD will show all changes to tracked files. If you have all changes staged for commit, then both commands will output the same.
You will be able to see more easily the difference between the two diff with the upcomming (Git 2.3.4+, Q2 2015) git status -v -v
See commit 4055500 from Michael J Gruber mjg , it does a good job explaining the difference between git diff HEAD and git diff --staged :
commit / status : show the index-worktree diff with -v -v
git commit and git status in long format show the diff between HEAD and the index when given -v . This allows previewing a commit to be made .
They also list tracked files with unstaged changes, but without a diff.
Introduce ' -v -v ' which shows the diff between the index and the worktree in addition to the HEAD index diff. This allows a review of unstaged changes which might be missing from the commit .
In the case of ' -v -v ', additional header lines
Changes to be committed:
# and
Changes not staged for commit:
are inserted before the diffs, which are equal to those in the status part; the latter preceded by 50*" - " to make it stick out more.
git diff View difference between Stage and Working Directory git diff --staged View difference between HEAD and Stage git diff HEAD View difference between HEAD and Working Directory 
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