List files changed compared with main
Get the files added, copied, modified or renamed on your branch, useful for linting or testing only what changed.
- Bash
- GreenSnippets
- MIT
base="${1:-origin/main}"
git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR -z "$base"...HEAD -- '*.ts' '*.tsx' \
| xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty npx eslintExample / expected output
# Lints only the TypeScript files changed on this branch.How it works
git diff --name-only main...HEAD (three dots) compares against the merge base, so it shows only your branch's own changes even if main has moved on. --diff-filter=ACMR excludes deleted files, which you cannot lint. Use -z and xargs -0 for names with spaces.
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