From 9b8f0d5cf163069c3a9a399eca5caa7d2a92dbc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Morgan <wattiez.morgan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:52:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cheat sheet - Using Git Diff Without a Repo

---
 cheat/git.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cheat/git.md b/cheat/git.md
index 7f70405..636ddb4 100644
--- a/cheat/git.md
+++ b/cheat/git.md
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@ git log --author="Morgan" \
         --date="format:%H" |\
         awk '{n=$1+0;if(H[n]++>max)max=H[n]}END{for(i=0;i<24;i++){printf"%02d -%5d ",i,H[i];for(n=0;n<H[i]/max*50;n++){printf "*"}print""}}'
 ```
+
+### Using Git Diff Without a Repo ([src](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2020/10/29/git-diff-no-repo/))
+
+The --no-index flag allows you to diff between files that aren't related to a Git repo:
+
+#### does not work, returns status code 0
+`git diff README.md ../other-repo/README.md`
+#### works, returns status code 1 and the diff
+`git diff --no-index README.md ../other-repo/README.md`