Find all the files changed/deleted since a given commit

__git-changes.sh

#!/bin/bash

OLDCOMMIT=$1
OUTDIR="__UPDATES__"
DELETED=""

FILES=`git diff --name-only $OLDCOMMIT`

rm --force --recursive "$OUTDIR"

IFS="
"
for FILE in $FILES; do
    if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
        echo "Copying: $FILE"
        mkdir --parents "$(dirname -- "$OUTDIR/$FILE")"
        cp --force "$FILE" "$OUTDIR/$FILE"
    else
        echo "File no longer exists: $FILE"
        DELETED="$DELETED    $FILE\n"
    fi
done

if [ -n "$DELETED" ]; then
    echo ""
    echo "Deleted Files:"
    echo -e $DELETED
fi

Usage: __git-changes.sh <OLD_COMMIT>

Run this script in a folder containing a GIT repository, and it will copy any files that have been changed between the currently checked out commit and the commit given to the script. You can find the files in the newly created __UPDATES__ folder.

A list of files that have been deleted since the given commit will be displayed in the terminal.

Some things to be aware of...

This script will copy whatever is in the current working directory. So if you have uncommitted changes they will show up in the files copied to __UPDATES__.

The deleted files list is not entirely accurate. So don't rely too much on it.