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] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>...]
25 This merges the file listing in the directory cache index with the
26 actual working directory list, and shows different combinations of the
29 One or more of the options below may be used to determine the files
36 Show cached files in the output (default)
40 Show deleted files in the output
44 Show modified files in the output
48 Show other (i.e. untracked) files in the output
52 Show only ignored files in the output. When showing files in the
53 index, print only those matched by an exclude pattern. When
54 showing "other" files, show only those matched by an exclude
59 Show staged contents' object name, mode bits and stage number in the output.
62 If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its
63 name (with a trailing slash) and not its whole contents.
65 --no-empty-directory::
66 Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.
70 Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)
74 Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due
75 to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to
79 \0 line termination on output.
83 Skip untracked files matching pattern.
84 Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern. See EXCLUDE PATTERNS
85 below for more information.
88 --exclude-from=<file>::
89 Read exclude patterns from <file>; 1 per line.
91 --exclude-per-directory=<file>::
92 Read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
93 directory and its subdirectories in <file>.
96 Add the standard Git exclusions: .git/info/exclude, .gitignore
97 in each directory, and the user's global exclusion file.
100 If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
103 --with-tree=<tree-ish>::
104 When using --error-unmatch to expand the user supplied
105 <file> (i.e. path pattern) arguments to paths, pretend
106 that paths which were removed in the index since the
107 named <tree-ish> are still present. Using this option
108 with `-s` or `-u` options does not make any sense.
111 This feature is semi-deprecated. For scripting purpose,
112 linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and
113 linkgit:git-diff-files[1] `--name-status` are almost always
114 superior alternatives, and users should look at
115 linkgit:git-status[1] `--short` or linkgit:git-diff[1]
116 `--name-status` for more user-friendly alternatives.
118 This option identifies the file status with the following tags (followed by
119 a space) at the start of each line:
130 Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
131 that are marked as 'assume unchanged' (see
132 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
135 When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
136 outputs paths relative to the current directory. This
137 option forces paths to be output relative to the project
141 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
142 lines, show only a partial prefix.
143 Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
146 After each line that describes a file, add more data about its
147 cache entry. This is intended to show as much information as
148 possible for manual inspection; the exact format may change at
152 Show <eolinfo> and <eolattr> of files.
153 <eolinfo> is the file content identification used by Git when
154 the "text" attribute is "auto" (or not set and core.autocrlf is not false).
155 <eolinfo> is either "-text", "none", "lf", "crlf", "mixed" or "".
157 "" means the file is not a regular file, it is not in the index or
158 not accessible in the working tree.
160 <eolattr> is the attribute that is used when checking out or committing,
161 it is either "", "-text", "text", "text=auto", "text eol=lf", "text eol=crlf".
162 Note: Currently Git does not support "text=auto eol=lf" or "text=auto eol=crlf",
163 that may change in the future.
165 Both the <eolinfo> in the index ("i/<eolinfo>")
166 and in the working tree ("w/<eolinfo>") are shown for regular files,
167 followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>").
170 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
173 Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
174 specified criteria are shown.
178 'git ls-files' just outputs the filenames unless '--stage' is specified in
179 which case it outputs:
181 [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
183 'git ls-files --eol' will show
184 i/<eolinfo><SPACES>w/<eolinfo><SPACES>attr/<eolattr><SPACE*><TAB><file>
186 'git ls-files --unmerged' and 'git ls-files --stage' can be used to examine
187 detailed information on unmerged paths.
189 For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA-1 pair,
190 the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
191 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by
192 the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
193 path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state)
195 When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
196 in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
203 'git ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
204 traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
205 flags --others or --ignored are specified. linkgit:gitignore[5]
206 specifies the format of exclude patterns.
208 These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:
210 1. The command-line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a
211 single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order
212 they appear in the command line.
214 2. The command-line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a
215 file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered
216 in the same order they appear in the file.
218 3. The command-line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
219 a name of the file in each directory 'git ls-files'
220 examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper
221 directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the
222 same order they appear in the files.
224 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
225 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
226 top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified
227 by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
228 pattern file appears in.
232 linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5]
236 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite