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1 | git-ls-tree(1) |
2 | ============== | |
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3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
c3f0baac | 6 | git-ls-tree - List the contents of a tree object |
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7 | |
8 | ||
9 | SYNOPSIS | |
10 | -------- | |
fd7e9fb7 | 11 | [verse] |
b1889c36 | 12 | 'git ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z] |
cab851c2 | 13 | [--name-only] [--name-status] [--object-only] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--format=<format>] |
62b4698e | 14 | <tree-ish> [<path>...] |
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15 | |
16 | DESCRIPTION | |
17 | ----------- | |
7b9b4c45 | 18 | Lists the contents of a given tree object, like what "/bin/ls -a" does |
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19 | in the current working directory. Note that: |
20 | ||
21 | - the behaviour is slightly different from that of "/bin/ls" in that the | |
62b4698e | 22 | '<path>' denotes just a list of patterns to match, e.g. so specifying |
23f8239b | 23 | directory name (without `-r`) will behave differently, and order of the |
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24 | arguments does not matter. |
25 | ||
62b4698e | 26 | - the behaviour is similar to that of "/bin/ls" in that the '<path>' is |
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27 | taken as relative to the current working directory. E.g. when you are |
28 | in a directory 'sub' that has a directory 'dir', you can run 'git | |
29 | ls-tree -r HEAD dir' to list the contents of the tree (that is | |
68ed71b5 | 30 | `sub/dir` in `HEAD`). You don't want to give a tree that is not at the |
ca768288 | 31 | root level (e.g. `git ls-tree -r HEAD:sub dir`) in this case, as that |
68ed71b5 | 32 | would result in asking for `sub/sub/dir` in the `HEAD` commit. |
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33 | However, the current working directory can be ignored by passing |
34 | --full-tree option. | |
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35 | |
36 | OPTIONS | |
37 | ------- | |
38 | <tree-ish>:: | |
2c6e4771 | 39 | Id of a tree-ish. |
2cf565c5 | 40 | |
6af1f019 | 41 | -d:: |
7b9b4c45 | 42 | Show only the named tree entry itself, not its children. |
6af1f019 | 43 | |
2cf565c5 | 44 | -r:: |
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45 | Recurse into sub-trees. |
46 | ||
47 | -t:: | |
48 | Show tree entries even when going to recurse them. Has no effect | |
23f8239b | 49 | if `-r` was not passed. `-d` implies `-t`. |
2cf565c5 | 50 | |
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51 | -l:: |
52 | --long:: | |
53 | Show object size of blob (file) entries. | |
54 | ||
2cf565c5 | 55 | -z:: |
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56 | \0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames. |
57 | See OUTPUT FORMAT below for more information. | |
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58 | |
59 | --name-only:: | |
60 | --name-status:: | |
61 | List only filenames (instead of the "long" output), one per line. | |
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62 | Cannot be combined with `--object-only`. |
63 | ||
64 | --object-only:: | |
65 | List only names of the objects, one per line. Cannot be combined | |
66 | with `--name-only` or `--name-status`. | |
67 | This is equivalent to specifying `--format='%(objectname)'`, but | |
68 | for both this option and that exact format the command takes a | |
69 | hand-optimized codepath instead of going through the generic | |
70 | formatting mechanism. | |
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72 | --abbrev[=<n>]:: |
73 | Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object | |
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74 | lines, show the shortest prefix that is at least '<n>' |
75 | hexdigits long that uniquely refers the object. | |
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76 | Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>. |
77 | ||
fd7e9fb7 | 78 | --full-name:: |
42698220 | 79 | Instead of showing the path names relative to the current working |
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80 | directory, show the full path names. |
81 | ||
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82 | --full-tree:: |
83 | Do not limit the listing to the current working directory. | |
84 | Implies --full-name. | |
85 | ||
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86 | --format=<format>:: |
87 | A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the result | |
88 | being shown. It also interpolates `%%` to `%`, and | |
89 | `%xx` where `xx` are hex digits interpolates to character | |
90 | with hex code `xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to | |
91 | `\0` (NUL), `%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF). | |
92 | When specified, `--format` cannot be combined with other | |
93 | format-altering options, including `--long`, `--name-only` | |
94 | and `--object-only`. | |
95 | ||
62b4698e | 96 | [<path>...]:: |
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97 | When paths are given, show them (note that this isn't really raw |
98 | pathnames, but rather a list of patterns to match). Otherwise | |
99 | implicitly uses the root level of the tree as the sole path argument. | |
6af1f019 | 100 | |
6d3a5077 | 101 | |
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102 | Output Format |
103 | ------------- | |
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104 | |
105 | The output format of `ls-tree` is determined by either the `--format` | |
106 | option, or other format-altering options such as `--name-only` etc. | |
107 | (see `--format` above). | |
108 | ||
109 | The use of certain `--format` directives is equivalent to using those | |
110 | options, but invoking the full formatting machinery can be slower than | |
111 | using an appropriate formatting option. | |
112 | ||
113 | In cases where the `--format` would exactly map to an existing option | |
114 | `ls-tree` will use the appropriate faster path. Thus the default format | |
115 | is equivalent to: | |
116 | ||
117 | %(objectmode) %(objecttype) %(objectname)%x09%(path) | |
2cf565c5 | 118 | |
ca768288 | 119 | This output format is compatible with what `--index-info --stdin` of |
c98a95ee | 120 | 'git update-index' expects. |
d88156e9 | 121 | |
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122 | When the `-l` option is used, format changes to |
123 | ||
455923e0 | 124 | %(objectmode) %(objecttype) %(objectname) %(objectsize:padded)%x09%(path) |
a5bbda8b | 125 | |
455923e0 | 126 | Object size identified by <objectname> is given in bytes, and right-justified |
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127 | with minimum width of 7 characters. Object size is given only for blobs |
128 | (file) entries; for other entries `-` character is used in place of size. | |
129 | ||
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130 | Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are |
131 | quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` | |
132 | (see linkgit:git-config[1]). Using `-z` the filename is output | |
133 | verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte. | |
134 | ||
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135 | Customized format: |
136 | ||
137 | It is possible to print in a custom format by using the `--format` option, | |
138 | which is able to interpolate different fields using a `%(fieldname)` notation. | |
139 | For example, if you only care about the "objectname" and "path" fields, you | |
140 | can execute with a specific "--format" like | |
141 | ||
142 | git ls-tree --format='%(objectname) %(path)' <tree-ish> | |
143 | ||
144 | FIELD NAMES | |
145 | ----------- | |
146 | ||
147 | Various values from structured fields can be used to interpolate | |
148 | into the resulting output. For each outputing line, the following | |
149 | names can be used: | |
150 | ||
151 | objectmode:: | |
152 | The mode of the object. | |
153 | objecttype:: | |
154 | The type of the object (`blob` or `tree`). | |
155 | objectname:: | |
156 | The name of the object. | |
157 | objectsize[:padded]:: | |
158 | The size of the object ("-" if it's a tree). | |
159 | It also supports a padded format of size with "%(size:padded)". | |
160 | path:: | |
161 | The pathname of the object. | |
162 | ||
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163 | GIT |
164 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 165 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |