It would be great if, when comparing an org to a repository, we could run the status command (sfdx force:source:status) to see the difference between a Salesforce org and the repository.

This command provides a list of files that changed to the user instead of performing a full (and tedious) comparison between the source and the target.

Having a list of changed files would make it easier for a user to see what change they made in an org, make it easier for them to not miss a file and would make comparison so much faster (since you would be comparing a smaller subset of files).