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572 <h1>
573 git-ls-files(1) Manual Page
574 </h1>
575 <h2>NAME</h2>
576 <div class="sectionbody">
577 <p>git-ls-files -
578 Show information about files in the index and the working tree
579 </p>
580 </div>
581 </div>
582 <div id="content">
583 <h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
584 <div class="sectionbody">
585 <div class="verseblock">
586 <div class="verseblock-content"><em>git ls-files</em> [-z] [-t] [-v]
587 (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])*
588 (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])*
589 [-x &lt;pattern&gt;|--exclude=&lt;pattern&gt;]
590 [-X &lt;file&gt;|--exclude-from=&lt;file&gt;]
591 [--exclude-per-directory=&lt;file&gt;]
592 [--exclude-standard]
593 [--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=&lt;tree-ish&gt;]
594 [--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [&lt;file&gt;&#8230;]</div>
595 <div class="verseblock-attribution">
596 </div></div>
597 </div>
598 <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
599 <div class="sectionbody">
600 <div class="paragraph"><p>This merges the file listing in the directory cache index with the
601 actual working directory list, and shows different combinations of the
602 two.</p></div>
603 <div class="paragraph"><p>One or more of the options below may be used to determine the files
604 shown:</p></div>
605 </div>
606 <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
607 <div class="sectionbody">
608 <div class="dlist"><dl>
609 <dt class="hdlist1">
611 </dt>
612 <dt class="hdlist1">
613 --cached
614 </dt>
615 <dd>
617 Show cached files in the output (default)
618 </p>
619 </dd>
620 <dt class="hdlist1">
622 </dt>
623 <dt class="hdlist1">
624 --deleted
625 </dt>
626 <dd>
628 Show deleted files in the output
629 </p>
630 </dd>
631 <dt class="hdlist1">
633 </dt>
634 <dt class="hdlist1">
635 --modified
636 </dt>
637 <dd>
639 Show modified files in the output
640 </p>
641 </dd>
642 <dt class="hdlist1">
644 </dt>
645 <dt class="hdlist1">
646 --others
647 </dt>
648 <dd>
650 Show other (i.e. untracked) files in the output
651 </p>
652 </dd>
653 <dt class="hdlist1">
655 </dt>
656 <dt class="hdlist1">
657 --ignored
658 </dt>
659 <dd>
661 Show only ignored files in the output. When showing files in the
662 index, print only those matched by an exclude pattern. When
663 showing "other" files, show only those matched by an exclude
664 pattern.
665 </p>
666 </dd>
667 <dt class="hdlist1">
669 </dt>
670 <dt class="hdlist1">
671 --stage
672 </dt>
673 <dd>
675 Show staged contents' object name, mode bits and stage number in the output.
676 </p>
677 </dd>
678 <dt class="hdlist1">
679 --directory
680 </dt>
681 <dd>
683 If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its
684 name (with a trailing slash) and not its whole contents.
685 </p>
686 </dd>
687 <dt class="hdlist1">
688 --no-empty-directory
689 </dt>
690 <dd>
692 Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.
693 </p>
694 </dd>
695 <dt class="hdlist1">
697 </dt>
698 <dt class="hdlist1">
699 --unmerged
700 </dt>
701 <dd>
703 Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)
704 </p>
705 </dd>
706 <dt class="hdlist1">
708 </dt>
709 <dt class="hdlist1">
710 --killed
711 </dt>
712 <dd>
714 Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due
715 to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to
716 succeed.
717 </p>
718 </dd>
719 <dt class="hdlist1">
721 </dt>
722 <dd>
724 \0 line termination on output.
725 </p>
726 </dd>
727 <dt class="hdlist1">
728 -x &lt;pattern&gt;
729 </dt>
730 <dt class="hdlist1">
731 --exclude=&lt;pattern&gt;
732 </dt>
733 <dd>
735 Skip untracked files matching pattern.
736 Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern. See EXCLUDE PATTERNS
737 below for more information.
738 </p>
739 </dd>
740 <dt class="hdlist1">
741 -X &lt;file&gt;
742 </dt>
743 <dt class="hdlist1">
744 --exclude-from=&lt;file&gt;
745 </dt>
746 <dd>
748 Read exclude patterns from &lt;file&gt;; 1 per line.
749 </p>
750 </dd>
751 <dt class="hdlist1">
752 --exclude-per-directory=&lt;file&gt;
753 </dt>
754 <dd>
756 Read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
757 directory and its subdirectories in &lt;file&gt;.
758 </p>
759 </dd>
760 <dt class="hdlist1">
761 --exclude-standard
762 </dt>
763 <dd>
765 Add the standard git exclusions: .git/info/exclude, .gitignore
766 in each directory, and the user&#8217;s global exclusion file.
767 </p>
768 </dd>
769 <dt class="hdlist1">
770 --error-unmatch
771 </dt>
772 <dd>
774 If any &lt;file&gt; does not appear in the index, treat this as an
775 error (return 1).
776 </p>
777 </dd>
778 <dt class="hdlist1">
779 --with-tree=&lt;tree-ish&gt;
780 </dt>
781 <dd>
783 When using --error-unmatch to expand the user supplied
784 &lt;file&gt; (i.e. path pattern) arguments to paths, pretend
785 that paths which were removed in the index since the
786 named &lt;tree-ish&gt; are still present. Using this option
787 with <tt>-s</tt> or <tt>-u</tt> options does not make any sense.
788 </p>
789 </dd>
790 <dt class="hdlist1">
792 </dt>
793 <dd>
795 This feature is semi-deprecated. For scripting purpose,
796 <a href="git-status.html">git-status(1)</a> <tt>--porcelain</tt> and
797 <a href="git-diff-files.html">git-diff-files(1)</a> <tt>--name-status</tt> are almost always
798 superior alternatives, and users should look at
799 <a href="git-status.html">git-status(1)</a> <tt>--short</tt> or <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a>
800 <tt>--name-status</tt> for more user-friendly alternatives.
801 </p>
802 <div class="paragraph"><p>This option identifies the file status with the following tags (followed by
803 a space) at the start of each line:</p></div>
804 </dd>
805 <dt class="hdlist1">
807 </dt>
808 <dd>
810 cached
811 </p>
812 </dd>
813 <dt class="hdlist1">
815 </dt>
816 <dd>
818 skip-worktree
819 </p>
820 </dd>
821 <dt class="hdlist1">
823 </dt>
824 <dd>
826 unmerged
827 </p>
828 </dd>
829 <dt class="hdlist1">
831 </dt>
832 <dd>
834 removed/deleted
835 </p>
836 </dd>
837 <dt class="hdlist1">
839 </dt>
840 <dd>
842 modified/changed
843 </p>
844 </dd>
845 <dt class="hdlist1">
847 </dt>
848 <dd>
850 to be killed
851 </p>
852 </dd>
853 <dt class="hdlist1">
855 </dt>
856 <dd>
858 other
859 </p>
860 </dd>
861 <dt class="hdlist1">
863 </dt>
864 <dd>
866 Similar to <tt>-t</tt>, but use lowercase letters for files
867 that are marked as <em>assume unchanged</em> (see
868 <a href="git-update-index.html">git-update-index(1)</a>).
869 </p>
870 </dd>
871 <dt class="hdlist1">
872 --full-name
873 </dt>
874 <dd>
876 When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
877 outputs paths relative to the current directory. This
878 option forces paths to be output relative to the project
879 top directory.
880 </p>
881 </dd>
882 <dt class="hdlist1">
883 --abbrev[=&lt;n&gt;]
884 </dt>
885 <dd>
887 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
888 lines, show only a partial prefix.
889 Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=&lt;n&gt;.
890 </p>
891 </dd>
892 <dt class="hdlist1">
893 --debug
894 </dt>
895 <dd>
897 After each line that describes a file, add more data about its
898 cache entry. This is intended to show as much information as
899 possible for manual inspection; the exact format may change at
900 any time.
901 </p>
902 </dd>
903 <dt class="hdlist1">
905 </dt>
906 <dd>
908 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
909 </p>
910 </dd>
911 <dt class="hdlist1">
912 &lt;file&gt;
913 </dt>
914 <dd>
916 Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
917 specified criteria are shown.
918 </p>
919 </dd>
920 </dl></div>
921 </div>
922 <h2 id="_output">Output</h2>
923 <div class="sectionbody">
924 <div class="paragraph"><p><em>git ls-files</em> just outputs the filenames unless <em>--stage</em> is specified in
925 which case it outputs:</p></div>
926 <div class="literalblock">
927 <div class="content">
928 <pre><tt>[&lt;tag&gt; ]&lt;mode&gt; &lt;object&gt; &lt;stage&gt; &lt;file&gt;</tt></pre>
929 </div></div>
930 <div class="paragraph"><p><em>git ls-files --unmerged</em> and <em>git ls-files --stage</em> can be used to examine
931 detailed information on unmerged paths.</p></div>
932 <div class="paragraph"><p>For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA1 pair,
933 the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
934 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by
935 the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
936 path. (see <a href="git-read-tree.html">git-read-tree(1)</a> for more information on state)</p></div>
937 <div class="paragraph"><p>When <tt>-z</tt> option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
938 in pathnames are represented as <tt>\t</tt>, <tt>\n</tt>, and <tt>\\</tt>,
939 respectively.</p></div>
940 </div>
941 <h2 id="_exclude_patterns">Exclude Patterns</h2>
942 <div class="sectionbody">
943 <div class="paragraph"><p><em>git ls-files</em> can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
944 traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
945 flags --others or --ignored are specified. <a href="gitignore.html">gitignore(5)</a>
946 specifies the format of exclude patterns.</p></div>
947 <div class="paragraph"><p>These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:</p></div>
948 <div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
949 <li>
951 The command line flag --exclude=&lt;pattern&gt; specifies a
952 single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order
953 they appear in the command line.
954 </p>
955 </li>
956 <li>
958 The command line flag --exclude-from=&lt;file&gt; specifies a
959 file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered
960 in the same order they appear in the file.
961 </p>
962 </li>
963 <li>
965 The command line flag --exclude-per-directory=&lt;name&gt; specifies
966 a name of the file in each directory <em>git ls-files</em>
967 examines, normally <tt>.gitignore</tt>. Files in deeper
968 directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the
969 same order they appear in the files.
970 </p>
971 </li>
972 </ol></div>
973 <div class="paragraph"><p>A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
974 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
975 top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified
976 by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
977 pattern file appears in.</p></div>
978 </div>
979 <h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
980 <div class="sectionbody">
981 <div class="paragraph"><p><a href="git-read-tree.html">git-read-tree(1)</a>, <a href="gitignore.html">gitignore(5)</a></p></div>
982 </div>
983 <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
984 <div class="sectionbody">
985 <div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
986 </div>
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