GIT - Find The Number Of Files Changed

You can use the command below if you ever need to figure out how many files have changed before committing them. A good use case is when those changes are made using a script.

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01: git diff --shortstat main 
02: 
03: # output:  3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

"main" is the branch name.

The --shortstat flag provides summarized stats for certain GIT [↗] commands like diff and log.

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