How to make git diff write to stdout?

Question

By default git diff prints all +- lines to the stdout however I have a (devian) machine (which I connect through ssh) where git diff leads

Answer 1

You can also simply use cat for any git command if you don't care about the colors.

So git diff | cat for your case.

Edit: as pointed out in the comments if you do care about the colors use:

git diff --color | cat