Git - print local changes in specific file (print changed lines)

In this short article, we would like to show how to print changes only for the indicated file in Git.

Quick solution:

git diff path/to/changed/file

Hint: use git status to see changed paths under command line.

Practical example

Let's suppose we have updated our project getting the following report using git status:

On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   common/config.sh
        modified:   run-application.sh
        modified:   ui/package-lock.json

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        libs/

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Let's suppose we want to check changes in ui/package-lock.json file:

$ git diff ui/package-lock.json

Example output:

As we can see there are only some changes related to dependencies update.

See also

1. Git - print changes between specific commits (print changed lines)