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## git-dirty-checks.md

      
        
          
            
              
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                sindresorhus
                / git-dirty-checks.md
            
            
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              October 16, 2012 11:20
            
              
                Benchmark results of the fastest way to check if a git branch is dirty
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    Tested against the WebKit git repo by entering the repo with 1 file dirty.

git diff --quiet --ignore-submodules HEAD            # Will tell if there are any uncomitted changes, staged or not.

0.6 sec
git diff-index --quiet HEAD                          # Only tracked

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