Git-添加所有远程跟踪的本地文件

Question

I have an (outdated) copy of a git repository, without any git tracking. (no .git folder at all)

I want to initialize git , connect it to the remote repository, and temporarily add the files in the local copy so I can compare them to the files in the remote.

However, I don't want to compare files that don't exist in the remote environment.

Thanks to the answer I got to my last question , this is what I've got so far:

git init
git remote add origin {origin_URL}
git fetch --all
# stage files
git add .
git --no-pager diff -R origin/master --numstat
# unstage them
git reset

However, the out-of-date local copy of the repo has tons of "extra" files (that I don't care about), making it difficult to see just what files have changed.

Is there a way to add only files that are tracked remotely, (ignoring files that only exist locally) without adding all the files / directories that I want to ignore to .gitignore ?

Answer 1

I found the answer in the manual :

git --no-pager diff -R origin/master --numstat --diff-filter=d

the --diff-filter=d excludes files that were "deleted". Since I'm doing the diff in reverse in this case, that means files that exist locally but not remotely. Exactly what I was looking for.