How to make git status show only staged files

Question

I would like to get a list of only the staged filenames. I can\'t find the equivalent flag for --name-only for the git status command. What is a go

Answer 1

Use git diff --name-only (with --cached to get the staged files)

Answer 2

to view staged files with code changes

git diff --staged   

or using --cached which is synonym for --staged

git diff --cached

or to view only file names without code changes

git diff --staged --name-only  

git-diff manual

Answer 3

The accepted answer won't let you know what kind of changes were there.

Yes, If you are not syntax checker but an ordinary person with a repository full of unstaged files, and you still want to know what will happen to staged files - there is another command:

git status --short | grep '^[MARCD]'

which leads to something like:

M  dir/modified_file
A  dir/new_file
R  dir/renamed -> dir/renamed_to
C  dir/copied_file
D  dir/deleted_file

Obviously, this files were staged, and after git commit:
deleted_file will be deleted,
new_file will be added,
renamed_file will become a renamed_to.

Here is an explanation of short-format output: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-status#_short_format

Answer 4

Inspired by @coffman21's answer I have setup the following alias in my .zshrc

alias gst="git status"
alias gst-staged="git status --short | grep '^\w.'"
alias gst-unstaged="git status  --short | grep '^\W.'"
alias gst-unstaged-tracked="git status  --short | grep '^\s.'"
alias gst-untracked="git status --short | grep '^??'"

It might be of use to anyone else. So adding it to the stack of answers.