Documentation/git-ls-files.txt

   1 git-ls-files(1)
   2 ===============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-ls-files - Show information about files in the index and the working tree
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v]
  13                 (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])*
  14                 (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])*
  15                 [-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
  16                 [-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
  17                 [--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
  18                 [--exclude-standard]
  19                 [--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=<tree-ish>]
  20                 [--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>...]
  21
  22 DESCRIPTION
  23 -----------
  24 This merges the file listing in the directory cache index with the
  25 actual working directory list, and shows different combinations of the
  26 two.
  27
  28 One or more of the options below may be used to determine the files
  29 shown:
  30
  31 OPTIONS
  32 -------
  33 -c::
  34 --cached::
  35         Show cached files in the output (default)
  36
  37 -d::
  38 --deleted::
  39         Show deleted files in the output
  40
  41 -m::
  42 --modified::
  43         Show modified files in the output
  44
  45 -o::
  46 --others::
  47         Show other (i.e. untracked) files in the output
  48
  49 -i::
  50 --ignored::
  51         Show only ignored files in the output. When showing files in the
  52         index, print only those matched by an exclude pattern. When
  53         showing "other" files, show only those matched by an exclude
  54         pattern.
  55
  56 -s::
  57 --stage::
  58         Show staged contents' object name, mode bits and stage number in the output.
  59
  60 --directory::
  61         If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its
  62         name (with a trailing slash) and not its whole contents.
  63
  64 --no-empty-directory::
  65         Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.
  66
  67 -u::
  68 --unmerged::
  69         Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)
  70
  71 -k::
  72 --killed::
  73         Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due
  74         to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to
  75         succeed.
  76
  77 -z::
  78         \0 line termination on output.
  79
  80 -x <pattern>::
  81 --exclude=<pattern>::
  82         Skip untracked files matching pattern.
  83         Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern. See EXCLUDE PATTERNS
  84         below for more information.
  85
  86 -X <file>::
  87 --exclude-from=<file>::
  88         Read exclude patterns from <file>; 1 per line.
  89
  90 --exclude-per-directory=<file>::
  91         Read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
  92         directory and its subdirectories in <file>.
  93
  94 --exclude-standard::
  95         Add the standard git exclusions: .git/info/exclude, .gitignore
  96         in each directory, and the user's global exclusion file.
  97
  98 --error-unmatch::
  99         If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
 100         error (return 1).
 101
 102 --with-tree=<tree-ish>::
 103         When using --error-unmatch to expand the user supplied
 104         <file> (i.e. path pattern) arguments to paths, pretend
 105         that paths which were removed in the index since the
 106         named <tree-ish> are still present.  Using this option
 107         with `-s` or `-u` options does not make any sense.
 108
 109 -t::
 110         This feature is semi-deprecated. For scripting purpose,
 111         linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and
 112         linkgit:git-diff-files[1] `--name-status` are almost always
 113         superior alternatives, and users should look at
 114         linkgit:git-status[1] `--short` or linkgit:git-diff[1]
 115         `--name-status` for more user-friendly alternatives.
 116 +
 117 This option identifies the file status with the following tags (followed by
 118 a space) at the start of each line:
 119
 120         H::     cached
 121         S::     skip-worktree
 122         M::     unmerged
 123         R::     removed/deleted
 124         C::     modified/changed
 125         K::     to be killed
 126         ?::     other
 127
 128 -v::
 129         Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
 130         that are marked as 'assume unchanged' (see
 131         linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
 132
 133 --full-name::
 134         When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
 135         outputs paths relative to the current directory.  This
 136         option forces paths to be output relative to the project
 137         top directory.
 138
 139 --abbrev[=<n>]::
 140         Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
 141         lines, show only a partial prefix.
 142         Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
 143
 144 --debug::
 145         After each line that describes a file, add more data about its
 146         cache entry.  This is intended to show as much information as
 147         possible for manual inspection; the exact format may change at
 148         any time.
 149
 150 \--::
 151         Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
 152
 153 <file>::
 154         Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
 155         specified criteria are shown.
 156
 157 Output
 158 ------
 159 'git ls-files' just outputs the filenames unless '--stage' is specified in
 160 which case it outputs:
 161
 162         [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
 163
 164 'git ls-files --unmerged' and 'git ls-files --stage' can be used to examine
 165 detailed information on unmerged paths.
 166
 167 For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA1 pair,
 168 the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
 169 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3.  This information can be used by
 170 the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
 171 path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state)
 172
 173 When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
 174 in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
 175 respectively.
 176
 177
 178 Exclude Patterns
 179 ----------------
 180
 181 'git ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
 182 traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
 183 flags --others or --ignored are specified.  linkgit:gitignore[5]
 184 specifies the format of exclude patterns.
 185
 186 These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:
 187
 188   1. The command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a
 189      single pattern.  Patterns are ordered in the same order
 190      they appear in the command line.
 191
 192   2. The command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a
 193      file containing a list of patterns.  Patterns are ordered
 194      in the same order they appear in the file.
 195
 196   3. The command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
 197      a name of the file in each directory 'git ls-files'
 198      examines, normally `.gitignore`.  Files in deeper
 199      directories take precedence.  Patterns are ordered in the
 200      same order they appear in the files.
 201
 202 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
 203 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
 204 top of the directory tree.  A pattern read from a file specified
 205 by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
 206 pattern file appears in.
 207
 208 SEE ALSO
 209 --------
 210 linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5]
 211
 212
 213 Author
 214 ------
 215 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 216
 217 Documentation
 218 --------------
 219 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett, and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 220
 221 GIT
 222 ---
 223 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite