1 git-ls-files(1)
2 ===============
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-ls-files - Show information about files in the index and the working tree
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>]\*
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.
28 One or more of the options below may be used to determine the files
29 shown:
31 OPTIONS
32 -------
33 -c::
34 --cached::
35 Show cached files in the output (default)
37 -d::
38 --deleted::
39 Show deleted files in the output
41 -m::
42 --modified::
43 Show modified files in the output
45 -o::
46 --others::
47 Show other files in the output
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.
56 -s::
57 --stage::
58 Show staged contents' object name, mode bits and stage number in the output.
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.
64 --no-empty-directory::
65 Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.
67 -u::
68 --unmerged::
69 Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)
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.
77 -z::
78 \0 line termination on output.
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.
86 -X <file>::
87 --exclude-from=<file>::
88 Read exclude patterns from <file>; 1 per line.
90 --exclude-per-directory=<file>::
91 Read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
92 directory and its subdirectories in <file>.
94 --exclude-standard::
95 Add the standard git exclusions: .git/info/exclude, .gitignore
96 in each directory, and the user's global exclusion file.
98 --error-unmatch::
99 If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
100 error (return 1).
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.
109 -t::
110 Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by
111 a space) at the start of each line:
112 H:: cached
113 M:: unmerged
114 R:: removed/deleted
115 C:: modified/changed
116 K:: to be killed
117 ?:: other
119 -v::
120 Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
121 that are marked as 'assume unchanged' (see
122 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
124 --full-name::
125 When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
126 outputs paths relative to the current directory. This
127 option forces paths to be output relative to the project
128 top directory.
130 --abbrev[=<n>]::
131 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
132 lines, show only a partial prefix.
133 Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
135 \--::
136 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
138 <file>::
139 Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
140 specified criteria are shown.
142 Output
143 ------
144 show files just outputs the filename unless '--stage' is specified in
145 which case it outputs:
147 [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
149 'git-ls-files --unmerged' and 'git-ls-files --stage' can be used to examine
150 detailed information on unmerged paths.
152 For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA1 pair,
153 the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
154 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by
155 the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
156 path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state)
158 When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
159 in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
160 respectively.
163 Exclude Patterns
164 ----------------
166 'git-ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
167 traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
168 flags --others or --ignored are specified. linkgit:gitignore[5]
169 specifies the format of exclude patterns.
171 These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:
173 1. The command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a
174 single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order
175 they appear in the command line.
177 2. The command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a
178 file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered
179 in the same order they appear in the file.
181 3. The command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
182 a name of the file in each directory 'git-ls-files'
183 examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper
184 directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the
185 same order they appear in the files.
187 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
188 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
189 top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified
190 by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
191 pattern file appears in.
193 SEE ALSO
194 --------
195 linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5]
198 Author
199 ------
200 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
202 Documentation
203 --------------
204 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett, and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
206 GIT
207 ---
208 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite