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name: current-branch-diff description: | Read the code changes in the current Git branch compared to its parent branch, ignoring generated artifacts (.wat, .hir, .masm) and lockfiles (.lock). Run git parent-branch to print the parent branch name.

Current Branch Diff (ignore artifacts)

Quick start

1. Print the parent branch:
   • git parent-branch
2. Review the diff (merge-base comparison) while ignoring .wat, .hir, .masm, and .lock files:
   • parent="$(git parent-branch)"
   • git diff --stat "$parent"...HEAD -- . ':(exclude)*.wat' ':(exclude)*.hir' ':(exclude)*.masm' ':(exclude)*.lock'
   • git diff "$parent"...HEAD -- . ':(exclude)*.wat' ':(exclude)*.hir' ':(exclude)*.masm' ':(exclude)*.lock'

Notes

• Prefer "$parent"...HEAD (three dots) to compare against the merge-base with the parent branch.
• If you want a quick file list first:
  • git diff --name-only "$parent"...HEAD -- . ':(exclude)*.wat' ':(exclude)*.hir' ':(exclude)*.masm' ':(exclude)*.lock'