git-modified-since

#!/bin/sh
set -e

usage () {
    echo "usage: git modified-since [-iuqh] [<commit>]" >&2
    echo >&2
    echo "Prints list of files that have been modified since the given branch." >&2
    echo "Defaults to the repo's default branch." >&2
    echo "" >&2
    echo "This script is ideal for passing all locally modified files into your editor, like:" >&2
    echo '    $ vim `git modified-since`' >&2
    echo >&2
    echo "Options:" >&2
    echo "-q    Be quiet, only return with 0 exit code when files are modified" >&2
    echo "-h    Show this help" >&2
}

quiet=0
while getopts qh flag; do
    case "$flag" in
        q) quiet=1;;
        h) usage; exit 2;;
    esac
done
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))

commit="$(git main-branch)"
if [ $# -ge 1 ]; then
    commit="$1"
fi

make_relative () {
    while read f; do
        git relative-path "$f"
    done
}

get_changed_files () {
    git diff --stat --name-only "$commit"... -- | make_relative
}

fail_if_empty () {
    empty=1
    while read line; do
        if [ $quiet -eq 0 ]; then
            echo "$line"
        fi
        empty=0
    done
    test $empty -eq 0
}

get_changed_files | fail_if_empty