# Check the differences between the last two commits

$ git diff HEAD~1 HEAD

​

# Check the differences in staged changes (changes ready for commit)

$ git diff --staged

git diff --name-only SHA1 SHA2

​

git status

​

git diff

​

git show abcdef1

​

# Check the differences between the last two commits

$ git diff HEAD~1 HEAD

​

# Check the differences in staged changes (changes ready for commit)

$ git diff --staged

​

# Check the differences between the two branches

$ git diff feature-branch..main

​

# Check the differences between the current state and the initial commit

$ git diff HEAD~1

​

# Check the differences between the last two commits

$ git diff HEAD~2 HEAD~1

​

# Check the differences in file1.txt

$ git diff file1.txt

​

# Check the differences for the specific file between the two branches

$ git diff main..feature-branch -- sample.txt

​

# Check the differences for the specific file between the first and last commits

$ git diff HEAD~2 HEAD -- sample.txt

​

# Check the differences with context lines

$ git diff -U3

​

# Check the word-level differences

$ git diff --word-diff

​

# Check the differences with color highlighting

$ git diff --color

git diff

​

# Check the differences between the last two commits

$ git diff HEAD~1 HEAD

​

# Check the differences in staged changes (changes ready for commit)

$ git diff --staged

​

# Check the differences between the two branches

$ git diff feature-branch..main

​

# Check the differences between the current state and the initial commit

$ git diff HEAD~1

​

# Check the differences between the last two commits

$ git diff HEAD~2 HEAD~1

​

# Check the differences in file1.txt

$ git diff file1.txt

​

# Check the differences for the specific file between the two branches

$ git diff main..feature-branch -- sample.txt

​

# Check the differences for the specific file between the first and last commits

$ git diff HEAD~2 HEAD -- sample.txt

​

# Check the differences with context lines

$ git diff -U3

​

# Check the word-level differences

$ git diff --word-diff

​

# Check the differences with color highlighting

$ git diff --color