> `git diff --staged` is superior. For one, you get all the options to `git diff`.
Most of which you can get on git show at least if they're relevant to “what have I added”. And of course you can also use git diff on commits if you need something super specific.
> For another, it has no side effects, unlike `git commit --amend -p`.
… “git commit --amend -p” is the replacement for subsequent “git add -p”, as the GP was talking about a workfliw where they’d intersperse staging stuff and looking at what they’d staged.
