Git alias with positional parameters

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A shell function could help on this:

[alias]
    files = "!f() { git diff --name-status \"$1^\" \"$1\"; }; f"

An alias without ! is treated as a Git command; e.g. commit-all = commit -a.

With the !, it’s run as its own command in the shell, letting you use stronger magic like this.

UPD
Because commands are executed at the root of repository you may use ${GIT_PREFIX} variable when referring to the file names in commands

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