gitstat

function export_file {
    line=$1
    file=$(echo $line | awk '{print $3}')
    prefix=$(echo $line | cut -d':' -f1)
    eval "export f${counter}=${file}"
    echo "${prefix}: f${counter} ${file}"
    let counter=$counter+1
}


counter=0
while [ "0" -eq $(eval "test \$f${counter}"; echo $?) ]; do
    echo "resetting f${counter}"
    eval "unset f${counter}"
    let counter=$counter+1
done

counter=0

IFS=$'\n'
for line in $(git status); do
    if [[ $line == *"modified:"* ]]; then
	export_file $line
    elif [[ $line == *"deleted:"* ]]; then
	export_file $line
    else
	echo $line
    fi
done

unset IFS

• Copy gist to a file in ~/bin/gitstat.sh
• Create alias: alias gst='source ~/bin/gitstat.sh'

When invoked, it creates shell variables for all modified and deleted files in a git status command.