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])\*
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>]
19 [--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]\*
23 This merges the file listing in the directory cache index with the
24 actual working directory list, and shows different combinations of the
27 One or more of the options below may be used to determine the files
33 Show cached files in the output (default)
36 Show deleted files in the output
39 Show modified files in the output
42 Show other files in the output
45 Show ignored files in the output.
46 Note that this also reverses any exclude list present.
49 Show stage files in the output
52 If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its
53 name (with a trailing slash) and not its whole contents.
55 --no-empty-directory::
56 Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.
59 Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)
62 Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due
63 to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to
67 \0 line termination on output.
69 -x|--exclude=<pattern>::
70 Skips files matching pattern.
71 Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern.
73 -X|--exclude-from=<file>::
74 exclude patterns are read from <file>; 1 per line.
76 --exclude-per-directory=<file>::
77 read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
78 directory and its subdirectories in <file>.
81 If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
85 Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by
86 a space) at the start of each line:
95 Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
96 that are marked as 'always matching index'.
99 When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
100 outputs paths relative to the current directory. This
101 option forces paths to be output relative to the project
105 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
106 lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.
107 Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
110 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
113 Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
114 specified criteria are shown.
118 show files just outputs the filename unless '--stage' is specified in
119 which case it outputs:
121 [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
123 "git-ls-files --unmerged" and "git-ls-files --stage" can be used to examine
124 detailed information on unmerged paths.
126 For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA1 pair,
127 the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
128 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by
129 the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
130 path. (see git-read-tree for more information on state)
132 When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
133 in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
140 'git-ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
141 traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
142 flags --others or --ignored are specified. gitlink:gitignore[5]
143 specifies the format of exclude patterns.
145 These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:
147 1. The command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a
148 single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order
149 they appear in the command line.
151 2. The command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a
152 file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered
153 in the same order they appear in the file.
155 3. command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
156 a name of the file in each directory 'git-ls-files'
157 examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper
158 directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the
159 same order they appear in the files.
161 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
162 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
163 top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified
164 by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
165 pattern file appears in.
169 gitlink:git-read-tree[1], gitlink:gitignore[5]
174 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
178 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett, and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
182 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite