[SOLVED] How to find what folders changed from last git pull?

Issue

I have a repository with several folders and many subfolders and files inside:

/folder1/....

/folder2/....

/folder3/....

And whenever I change one (or more), an automated system should git pull the changes and recompile the code. Each folder has its own compilation script and it takes a long time to compile each of them. Is there a way to know, for the changes I'm about to pull, what were the modified folders, so I can run only those compilation scripts that are needed and not all of them?

Solution

Fetch first:

git fetch

OPTION 1

So, let’s say you want to check if your current branch has changes in the folder when compared to origin:

$ git diff --quiet HEAD origin/<branch> -- <path/to/dir> || echo changed

For example:

$ git diff --quiet HEAD origin/master -- folder1 || echo changed

If there are any changes in folder1 since the most recent fetch, you will see the word "changed" in the console:

changed

OPTION 2

Let's see what has changed:

git diff <branch>...origin/<branch> <path/to/dir>

For example:

git diff master...origin/master folder1

If there were changes in the specified path, Git will output those changes. Then you can merge.

git merge origin/<branch>

After that, you can compile the project (if necessary).

In addition

You can also find out if there have been changes in the last n commits in a given folder. To do this, you can run the following command:

git log --name-status -n <path/to/dir>

For example:

git log --name-status -2 folder1

This will allow you to see the changes for the last 2 commits in the folder1 folder.

Answered By - Ivan Yuzafatau

Answer Checked By - Senaida (WPSolving Volunteer)