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Write a git diff command result to file to manage the big changes and ignore the lock files

#bash #cli #git #productivity

Write the result of a git diff command to a file to manage large changes and ignore lock files.

git diff branch-name-0..branch-name-1 -- . ':(exclude)*.lock' > git.diff
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When ignoring multiple files:

git diff branch-name-0..branch-name-1 -- . ':(exclude)*.lock' ':(exclude)*.yaml' ':(exclude)*.yml' ':(exclude)*.json' > git.diff
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Jerry Schneider •

Nice! I wrote a bash function which uses fzf which let's you select exactly which files to include in the diff. I should augment it with an exclusion list that can be defined in bashrc. github.com/schnej7/dotfiles/blob/m...