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554 <h1>directory listing API</h1>
555 </div>
556 <div id="content">
557 <div id="preamble">
558 <div class="sectionbody">
559 <div class="paragraph"><p>The directory listing API is used to enumerate paths in the work tree,
560 optionally taking <tt>.git/info/exclude</tt> and <tt>.gitignore</tt> files per
561 directory into account.</p></div>
562 </div>
563 </div>
564 <h2 id="_data_structure">Data structure</h2>
565 <div class="sectionbody">
566 <div class="paragraph"><p><tt>struct dir_struct</tt> structure is used to pass directory traversal
567 options to the library and to record the paths discovered. The notable
568 options are:</p></div>
569 <div class="dlist"><dl>
570 <dt class="hdlist1">
571 <tt>exclude_per_dir</tt>
572 </dt>
573 <dd>
575 The name of the file to be read in each directory for excluded
576 files (typically <tt>.gitignore</tt>).
577 </p>
578 </dd>
579 <dt class="hdlist1">
580 <tt>collect_ignored</tt>
581 </dt>
582 <dd>
584 Include paths that are to be excluded in the result.
585 </p>
586 </dd>
587 <dt class="hdlist1">
588 <tt>show_ignored</tt>
589 </dt>
590 <dd>
592 The traversal is for finding just ignored files, not unignored
593 files.
594 </p>
595 </dd>
596 <dt class="hdlist1">
597 <tt>show_other_directories</tt>
598 </dt>
599 <dd>
601 Include a directory that is not tracked.
602 </p>
603 </dd>
604 <dt class="hdlist1">
605 <tt>hide_empty_directories</tt>
606 </dt>
607 <dd>
609 Do not include a directory that is not tracked and is empty.
610 </p>
611 </dd>
612 <dt class="hdlist1">
613 <tt>no_gitlinks</tt>
614 </dt>
615 <dd>
617 If set, recurse into a directory that looks like a git
618 directory. Otherwise it is shown as a directory.
619 </p>
620 </dd>
621 <dt class="hdlist1">
622 The result of the enumeration is left in these fields
623 </dt>
624 <dt class="hdlist1">
625 <tt>entries[]</tt>
626 </dt>
627 <dd>
629 An array of <tt>struct dir_entry</tt>, each element of which describes
630 a path.
631 </p>
632 </dd>
633 <dt class="hdlist1">
634 <tt>nr</tt>
635 </dt>
636 <dd>
638 The number of members in <tt>entries[]</tt> array.
639 </p>
640 </dd>
641 <dt class="hdlist1">
642 <tt>alloc</tt>
643 </dt>
644 <dd>
646 Internal use; keeps track of allocation of <tt>entries[]</tt> array.
647 </p>
648 </dd>
649 </dl></div>
650 </div>
651 <h2 id="_calling_sequence">Calling sequence</h2>
652 <div class="sectionbody">
653 <div class="paragraph"><p>Note: index may be looked at for .gitignore files that are CE_SKIP_WORKTREE
654 marked. If you to exclude files, make sure you have loaded index first.</p></div>
655 <div class="ulist"><ul>
656 <li>
658 Prepare <tt>struct dir_struct dir</tt> and clear it with <tt>memset(&amp;dir, 0,
659 sizeof(dir))</tt>.
660 </p>
661 </li>
662 <li>
664 Call <tt>add_exclude()</tt> to add single exclude pattern,
665 <tt>add_excludes_from_file()</tt> to add patterns from a file
666 (e.g. <tt>.git/info/exclude</tt>), and/or set <tt>dir.exclude_per_dir</tt>. A
667 short-hand function <tt>setup_standard_excludes()</tt> can be used to set up
668 the standard set of exclude settings.
669 </p>
670 </li>
671 <li>
673 Set options described in the Data Structure section above.
674 </p>
675 </li>
676 <li>
678 Call <tt>read_directory()</tt>.
679 </p>
680 </li>
681 <li>
683 Use <tt>dir.entries[]</tt>.
684 </p>
685 </li>
686 </ul></div>
687 <div class="paragraph"><p>(JC)</p></div>
688 </div>
689 </div>
690 <div id="footnotes"><hr /></div>
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693 Last updated 2011-09-21 23:01:14 PDT
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