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

#!/bin/bash
# Target directory
TARGET=/target/directory/here

for i in $(git diff --name-only)
    do
        # First create the target directory, if it doesn't exist.
        mkdir -p "$TARGET/$(dirname $i)"
        # Then copy over the file.
        cp -rf "$i" "$TARGET/$i"
    done

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