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[=<n>]] [--] [<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
56 pattern. Standard ignore rules are not automatically activated,
57 therefore at least one of the `--exclude*` options is required.
61 Show staged contents' mode bits, object name and stage number in the output.
64 If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its
65 name (with a trailing slash) and not its whole contents.
67 --no-empty-directory::
68 Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.
72 Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)
76 Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due
77 to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to
81 \0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames.
82 See OUTPUT below for more information.
86 Skip untracked files matching pattern.
87 Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern. See EXCLUDE PATTERNS
88 below for more information.
91 --exclude-from=<file>::
92 Read exclude patterns from <file>; 1 per line.
94 --exclude-per-directory=<file>::
95 Read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
96 directory and its subdirectories in <file>.
99 Add the standard Git exclusions: .git/info/exclude, .gitignore
100 in each directory, and the user's global exclusion file.
103 If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
106 --with-tree=<tree-ish>::
107 When using --error-unmatch to expand the user supplied
108 <file> (i.e. path pattern) arguments to paths, pretend
109 that paths which were removed in the index since the
110 named <tree-ish> are still present. Using this option
111 with `-s` or `-u` options does not make any sense.
114 This feature is semi-deprecated. For scripting purpose,
115 linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and
116 linkgit:git-diff-files[1] `--name-status` are almost always
117 superior alternatives, and users should look at
118 linkgit:git-status[1] `--short` or linkgit:git-diff[1]
119 `--name-status` for more user-friendly alternatives.
122 This option identifies the file status with the following tags (followed by
123 a space) at the start of each line:
135 Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
136 that are marked as 'assume unchanged' (see
137 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
140 Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
141 that are marked as 'fsmonitor valid' (see
142 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
145 When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
146 outputs paths relative to the current directory. This
147 option forces paths to be output relative to the project
150 --recurse-submodules::
151 Recursively calls ls-files on each active submodule in the repository.
152 Currently there is only support for the --cached mode.
155 Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
156 lines, show the shortest prefix that is at least '<n>'
157 hexdigits long that uniquely refers the object.
158 Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
161 After each line that describes a file, add more data about its
162 cache entry. This is intended to show as much information as
163 possible for manual inspection; the exact format may change at
167 Show <eolinfo> and <eolattr> of files.
168 <eolinfo> is the file content identification used by Git when
169 the "text" attribute is "auto" (or not set and core.autocrlf is not false).
170 <eolinfo> is either "-text", "none", "lf", "crlf", "mixed" or "".
172 "" means the file is not a regular file, it is not in the index or
173 not accessible in the working tree.
175 <eolattr> is the attribute that is used when checking out or committing,
176 it is either "", "-text", "text", "text=auto", "text eol=lf", "text eol=crlf".
177 Since Git 2.10 "text=auto eol=lf" and "text=auto eol=crlf" are supported.
179 Both the <eolinfo> in the index ("i/<eolinfo>")
180 and in the working tree ("w/<eolinfo>") are shown for regular files,
181 followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>").
184 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
187 Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
188 specified criteria are shown.
192 'git ls-files' just outputs the filenames unless `--stage` is specified in
193 which case it outputs:
195 [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
197 'git ls-files --eol' will show
198 i/<eolinfo><SPACES>w/<eolinfo><SPACES>attr/<eolattr><SPACE*><TAB><file>
200 'git ls-files --unmerged' and 'git ls-files --stage' can be used to examine
201 detailed information on unmerged paths.
203 For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA-1 pair,
204 the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
205 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by
206 the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
207 path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state)
209 Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
210 quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
211 (see linkgit:git-config[1]). Using `-z` the filename is output
212 verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte.
218 'git ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when
219 traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the
220 flags --others or --ignored are specified. linkgit:gitignore[5]
221 specifies the format of exclude patterns.
223 These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:
225 1. The command-line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a
226 single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order
227 they appear in the command line.
229 2. The command-line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a
230 file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered
231 in the same order they appear in the file.
233 3. The command-line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
234 a name of the file in each directory 'git ls-files'
235 examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper
236 directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the
237 same order they appear in the files.
239 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
240 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
241 top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified
242 by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
243 pattern file appears in.
247 linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5]
251 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite