How to View Changes in Git (git diff)

git diff shows the exact line-by-line differences between your working directory, the staging area, and the last commit.

Key points

• Plain git diff shows unstaged changes — what you've edited but not yet added
• git diff --staged (or --cached) shows staged changes that will be included in the next commit
• git diff branch1 branch2 compares two branches directly

Example

git diff --staged