Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have some markdown files but I can't
git diff them.  No result at the command line and not supported
in gitg (visual git)  Is that possible with the files as they
are, without converting them to something else?  share|improve
this question Does this SO answer help? –  jasonwryan Jun 13 '12
at 21:57 Is it in a git repository? –  caffinatedmonkey Aug 13
at 1:18  1 Answer 1  up vote 2 down vote accepted  It should
work fine; markdown files are plaintext files, so git diff is
perfect.  This could be one of a few possible things:    1.
There is no difference in the file (empty output).   2. The
changes to the files have not been added (git add -p *.md)  What
does git status say? If it doesn't contain a few lines that say
something like "modified: something.md" or "new file:
something.md" then you're not going to get a diff.  EDIT: Also,
probably a stupid question, but these files are actually in a
git repo right? If not, just use Unix's normal diff utility (man
diff for more info).  sha