git diff: what is the difference between --cached and --staged

Question

To compare the staged with the last commit:

git diff --cached
git diff --staged

Both commands generate the same results, right?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39877748/git-diff-what-is-the-difference-between-cached-and-staged

Answer 1

The documentation for git diff says "--staged is a synonym of --cached", so yes.