How can I see what I am about to push with git?

Question

Is there a way to see what would be pushed if I did a git push command?

What I\'m picturing is something like the \"Files Changed\" tab of Github\'s \"p

Answer 1

You probably want to run git difftool origin/master.... that should show the unified diff of what is on your current branch that is not on the origin/master branch yet and display it in the graphical diff tool of your choice. To be most up-to-date, run git fetch first.

Answer 2

Just to add my two cents... I wanted to implement this when running jobs in a gitlab pipeline on a gitlab runner. The best way to do this was to use this script:

git diff --name-only $CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA $CI_COMMIT_SHA

Also in my case I wanted to filter files by extension, to achieve this I used:

git diff --name-only $CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA $CI_COMMIT_SHA '*.py'

After that you can for example forward this list somewhere else, a linter perhaps ;)

Hope this will help someone.

Answer 3

To see which files are changed and view the actual code changes compared to the master branch you could use:

git diff --stat --patch origin master

^{NOTE: If you happen to use any of the Intellij IDEs then you can right-click your top-level project, select Git > Compare with branch > and pick the origin you want e.g. origin/master. In the file tree that will appear you can double-click the files to see a visual diff. Unlike the command-line option above you can edit your local versions from the diff window.}

Answer 4

Just wanted to add for PyCharm users: You can right-click on the file, -> Git -> Compare with branch

And then you can choose master (or any other)

Answer 5

For a list of files to be pushed, run:

git diff --stat --cached [remote/branch]

example:

git diff --stat --cached origin/master

For the code diff of the files to be pushed, run:

git diff [remote repo/branch]

To see full file paths of the files that will change, run:

git diff --numstat [remote repo/branch]

If you want to see these diffs in a GUI, you will need to configure git for that. See How do I view 'git diff' output with a visual diff program?.

Answer 6

To simply list the commits waiting to be pushed: (this is the one you will remember)

git cherry -v

Show the commit subjects next to the SHA1s.