How to show uncommitted changes in Git The command you are looking for is git diff. git diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc Here are some of the options it expose which you can use git diff (no parameters) Print out differences between your working directory and the index. git diff --cached: Print out differences between the index and HEAD (current commit). git diff HEAD: Print out differences between your working directory and the HEAD. git diff --name-only Show only names of changed files. git diff --name-status Show only names and status of changed files.