List files modified for particular git commit

Question

I have commit, abc, and I want to list files that were modified for the commit.

What is the git command which will list modified files for that commit?

score 97 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '14 at 20:16

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For filenames only:

git show --name-only abc

To see a summary of what happened to them:

git show --name-status abc

answered Feb 02 '14 at 20:16

Greg Bacon

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for last commit, `git show --name-only` – Raza Ahmed Nov 11 '15 at 13:45
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To really get _only_ the names, also use `--pretty=format:`, which makes it omit the commit metadata. Then you can use it to, for example, re-edit all the files from a previous commit: `vim -O $(git show --name-only --pretty=format: HEAD)`. Or pipe the response through `xargs` and use your imagination. – Rob Kennedy Jul 17 '17 at 20:17
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handy review onleliner - open these file in sublime: `git show --name-only --format=oneline | tail -n+2 | xargs subl` – ptim Jul 20 '17 at 04:16

score 35 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 02 '14 at 19:36

You can see the files changed in a particular commit as follows

git show --stat <commit-hash>

Alternatively you can also view the patch introduced with each commit using the -p flag

git log -p <commit-hash>

BTW git show takes the same formatting arguments as git diff-tree, here's the documentation for diff-tree.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 19 '22 at 17:17

For anyone who'd like to have an output summary like this for particular commit

Open your ~/.gitconfig file
add this script under [alias]:

swt = show --pretty=format:"%C(yellow)%h%Cred%d\\ %Creset%s%Cblue\\ [%cn]" --numstat
Save ~/.gitconfig file
Simply run git swt <commit-hash>

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