On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 7:49 PM NoName Req <nonamere...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Summary > `git -C (folder path) diff-files --name-only` output is not correct > > Steps to Reproduce > 1. Apply change to a clean git repository. Go to another folder (not > within this repository) and apply the command > `git -C repo-path diff-files --name-only` > The above command lists dirty files in that repository. > 2. Now undo your changes on the repository > 3. Issue the same command. It still lists the file. > > More Information > > `git -C repo-path diff` command doesn't seem to have this problem.
I haven't tried to reproduce. But my first impression is diff-files, as a low-level plumbing sometimes requires you to refresh the index first. Sometimes without that, you'll get wrong output. "git diff" is a more high-level command that always refreshes the index internally. > > System Information > > Arch Linux 5.0.7-arch1-1-ARCH > git version 2.21.0 -- Duy
