6 git-ls-files - Show information about files in the index and the working tree
12 'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v]
13 (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])*
16 [-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
17 [-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
18 [--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
20 [--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=<tree-ish>]
21 [--full-name] [--recurse-submodules]
22 [--abbrev] [--] [<file>...]
26 This merges the file listing in the directory cache index with the
27 actual working directory list, and shows different combinations of the
30 One or more of the options below may be used to determine the files
37 Show cached files in the output (default)
41 Show deleted files in the output
45 Show modified files in the output
49 Show other (i.e. untracked) files in the output
53 Show only ignored files in the output. When showing files in the
54 index, print only those matched by an exclude pattern. When
55 showing "other" files, show only those matched by an exclude
60 Show staged contents' mode bits, object name and stage number in the output.
63 If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its
64 name (with a trailing slash) and not its whole contents.
66 --no-empty-directory::
67 Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.
71 Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)
75 Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due
76 to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to
80 \0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames.
81 See OUTPUT below for more information.
85 Skip untracked files matching pattern.
86 Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern. See EXCLUDE PATTERNS
87 below for more information.
90 --exclude-from=<file>::
91 Read exclude patterns from <file>; 1 per line.
93 --exclude-per-directory=<file>::
94 Read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
95 directory and its subdirectories in <file>.
98 Add the standard Git exclusions: .git/info/exclude, .gitignore
99 in each directory, and the user's global exclusion file.
102 If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
105 --with-tree=<tree-ish>::
106 When using --error-unmatch to expand the user supplied
107 <file> (i.e. path pattern) arguments to paths, pretend
108 that paths which were removed in the index since the
109 named <tree-ish> are still present. Using this option
110 with `-s` or `-u` options does not make any sense.
113 This feature is semi-deprecated. For scripting purpose,
114 linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and
115 linkgit:git-diff-files[1] `--name-status` are almost always
116 superior alternatives, and users should look at
117 linkgit:git-status[1] `--short` or linkgit:git-diff[1]
118 `--name-status` for more user-friendly alternatives.
120 This option identifies the file status with the following tags (followed by
121 a space) at the start of each line:
132 Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
133 that are marked as 'assume unchanged' (see
134 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
137 When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
138 outputs paths relative to the current directory. This
139 option forces paths to be output relative to the project
142 --recurse-submodules::
143 Recursively calls ls-files on each submodule in the repository.
144 Currently there is only support for the --cached mode.
147 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
148 lines, show only a partial prefix.
149 Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
152 After each line that describes a file, add more data about its
153 cache entry. This is intended to show as much information as
154 possible for manual inspection; the exact format may change at
158 Show <eolinfo> and <eolattr> of files.
159 <eolinfo> is the file content identification used by Git when
160 the "text" attribute is "auto" (or not set and core.autocrlf is not false).
161 <eolinfo> is either "-text", "none", "lf", "crlf", "mixed" or "".
163 "" means the file is not a regular file, it is not in the index or
164 not accessible in the working tree.
166 <eolattr> is the attribute that is used when checking out or committing,
167 it is either "", "-text", "text", "text=auto", "text eol=lf", "text eol=crlf".
168 Since Git 2.10 "text=auto eol=lf" and "text=auto eol=crlf" are supported.
170 Both the <eolinfo> in the index ("i/<eolinfo>")
171 and in the working tree ("w/<eolinfo>") are shown for regular files,
172 followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>").
175 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
178 Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
179 specified criteria are shown.
183 'git ls-files' just outputs the filenames unless `--stage` is specified in
184 which case it outputs:
186 [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
188 'git ls-files --eol' will show
189 i/<eolinfo><SPACES>w/<eolinfo><SPACES>attr/<eolattr><SPACE*><TAB><file>
191 'git ls-files --unmerged' and 'git ls-files --stage' can be used to examine
192 detailed information on unmerged paths.
194 For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA-1 pair,
195 the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
196 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by
197 the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
198 path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state)
200 Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
201 quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
202 (see linkgit:git-config[1]). Using `-z` the filename is output
203 verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte.
209 'git ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
210 traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
211 flags --others or --ignored are specified. linkgit:gitignore[5]
212 specifies the format of exclude patterns.
214 These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:
216 1. The command-line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a
217 single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order
218 they appear in the command line.
220 2. The command-line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a
221 file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered
222 in the same order they appear in the file.
224 3. The command-line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
225 a name of the file in each directory 'git ls-files'
226 examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper
227 directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the
228 same order they appear in the files.
230 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
231 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
232 top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified
233 by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
234 pattern file appears in.
238 linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5]
242 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite