Git diff --name-only and copy that list

Question

I just want to get a list of changed files between two revisions, which is simple:

git diff -–name-only commit1 commit2 > /path/to/my/file

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Answer 1

Here's a one-liner:

List changed files & pack them as *.zip:

git diff --name-only | zip patched.zip -@

List last committed changed files & pack them as *.zip:

git diff --name-only HEAD~ HEAD | zip patched.zip -@