git show --pretty="format:" --name-only [what] | grep -v 'excludeDir/' | ... more greps | xargs git show [what] example to exclude symfony generated modella: git show --pretty=format: --name-only 1234567 | grep -v "\(om/\|map/\|base/\|form/\|filter/\)" | xargs git show 1234567 git diff origin/parentBranch --name-only | grep -v "\(om/\|map/\|base/\|form/\|filter/\)" | xargs git diff origin/parentBranch