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 Since Git 2.10 "text=auto eol=lf" and "text=auto eol=crlf" are supported.
164 Both the <eolinfo> in the index ("i/<eolinfo>")
165 and in the working tree ("w/<eolinfo>") are shown for regular files,
166 followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>").
169 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
172 Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
173 specified criteria are shown.
177 'git ls-files' just outputs the filenames unless `--stage` is specified in
178 which case it outputs:
180 [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
182 'git ls-files --eol' will show
183 i/<eolinfo><SPACES>w/<eolinfo><SPACES>attr/<eolattr><SPACE*><TAB><file>
185 'git ls-files --unmerged' and 'git ls-files --stage' can be used to examine
186 detailed information on unmerged paths.
188 For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA-1 pair,
189 the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
190 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by
191 the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
192 path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state)
194 When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
195 in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
202 'git ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
203 traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
204 flags --others or --ignored are specified. linkgit:gitignore[5]
205 specifies the format of exclude patterns.
207 These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:
209 1. The command-line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a
210 single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order
211 they appear in the command line.
213 2. The command-line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a
214 file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered
215 in the same order they appear in the file.
217 3. The command-line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
218 a name of the file in each directory 'git ls-files'
219 examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper
220 directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the
221 same order they appear in the files.
223 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
224 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
225 top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified
226 by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
227 pattern file appears in.
231 linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5]
235 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite