6 git-ls-files - Show information about files in the index and the working tree
12 'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v] [-f]
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80 \0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames.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 Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
138 that are marked as 'fsmonitor valid' (see
139 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
142 When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
143 outputs paths relative to the current directory. This
144 option forces paths to be output relative to the project
147 --recurse-submodules::
148 Recursively calls ls-files on each submodule in the repository.
149 Currently there is only support for the --cached mode.
152 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
153 lines, show only a partial prefix.
154 Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
157 After each line that describes a file, add more data about its
158 cache entry. This is intended to show as much information as
159 possible for manual inspection; the exact format may change at
163 Show <eolinfo> and <eolattr> of files.
164 <eolinfo> is the file content identification used by Git when
165 the "text" attribute is "auto" (or not set and core.autocrlf is not false).
166 <eolinfo> is either "-text", "none", "lf", "crlf", "mixed" or "".
168 "" means the file is not a regular file, it is not in the index or
169 not accessible in the working tree.
171 <eolattr> is the attribute that is used when checking out or committing,
172 it is either "", "-text", "text", "text=auto", "text eol=lf", "text eol=crlf".
173 Since Git 2.10 "text=auto eol=lf" and "text=auto eol=crlf" are supported.
175 Both the <eolinfo> in the index ("i/<eolinfo>")
176 and in the working tree ("w/<eolinfo>") are shown for regular files,
177 followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>").
180 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
183 Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
184 specified criteria are shown.
188 'git ls-files' just outputs the filenames unless `--stage` is specified in
189 which case it outputs:
191 [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
193 'git ls-files --eol' will show
194 i/<eolinfo><SPACES>w/<eolinfo><SPACES>attr/<eolattr><SPACE*><TAB><file>
196 'git ls-files --unmerged' and 'git ls-files --stage' can be used to examine
197 detailed information on unmerged paths.
199 For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA-1 pair,
200 the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
201 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by
202 the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
203 path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state)
205 Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
206 quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
207 (see linkgit:git-config[1]). Using `-z` the filename is output
208 verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte.
214 'git ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
215 traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
216 flags --others or --ignored are specified. linkgit:gitignore[5]
217 specifies the format of exclude patterns.
219 These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:
221 1. The command-line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a
222 single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order
223 they appear in the command line.
225 2. The command-line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a
226 file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered
227 in the same order they appear in the file.
229 3. The command-line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
230 a name of the file in each directory 'git ls-files'
231 examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper
232 directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the
233 same order they appear in the files.
235 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
236 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
237 top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified
238 by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
239 pattern file appears in.
243 linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5]
247 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite