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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 79e0b7b71a..a7c8174d01 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ git-ls-files - Show information about files in the index and the working tree SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v] +'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v] (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])\* (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])\* [-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>] [-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>] [--exclude-per-directory=<file>] - [--error-unmatch] + [--exclude-standard] + [--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=<tree-ish>] [--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]\* DESCRIPTION @@ -29,24 +30,32 @@ shown: OPTIONS ------- --c|--cached:: +-c:: +--cached:: Show cached files in the output (default) --d|--deleted:: +-d:: +--deleted:: Show deleted files in the output --m|--modified:: +-m:: +--modified:: Show modified files in the output --o|--others:: - Show other files in the output +-o:: +--others:: + Show other (i.e. untracked) files in the output --i|--ignored:: - Show ignored files in the output - Note the this also reverses any exclude list present. +-i:: +--ignored:: + Show only ignored files in the output. When showing files in the + index, print only those matched by an exclude pattern. When + showing "other" files, show only those matched by an exclude + pattern. --s|--stage:: - Show stage files in the output +-s:: +--stage:: + Show staged contents' object name, mode bits and stage number in the output. --directory:: If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its @@ -55,10 +64,12 @@ OPTIONS --no-empty-directory:: Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory. --u|--unmerged:: +-u:: +--unmerged:: Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage) --k|--killed:: +-k:: +--killed:: Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to succeed. @@ -66,25 +77,47 @@ OPTIONS -z:: \0 line termination on output. --x|--exclude=<pattern>:: +-x <pattern>:: +--exclude=<pattern>:: Skips files matching pattern. Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern. --X|--exclude-from=<file>:: +-X <file>:: +--exclude-from=<file>:: exclude patterns are read from <file>; 1 per line. --exclude-per-directory=<file>:: read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the directory and its subdirectories in <file>. +--exclude-standard:: + Add the standard git exclusions: .git/info/exclude, .gitignore + in each directory, and the user's global exclusion file. + --error-unmatch:: If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an error (return 1). +--with-tree=<tree-ish>:: + When using --error-unmatch to expand the user supplied + <file> (i.e. path pattern) arguments to paths, pretend + that paths which were removed in the index since the + named <tree-ish> are still present. Using this option + with `-s` or `-u` options does not make any sense. + -t:: - Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by - a space) at the start of each line: + This feature is semi-deprecated. For scripting purpose, + linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and + linkgit:git-diff-files[1] `--name-status` are almost always + superior alternatives, and users should look at + linkgit:git-status[1] `--short` or linkgit:git-diff[1] + `--name-status` for more user-friendly alternatives. ++ +This option identifies the file status with the following tags (followed by +a space) at the start of each line: + H:: cached + S:: skip-worktree M:: unmerged R:: removed/deleted C:: modified/changed @@ -93,7 +126,8 @@ OPTIONS -v:: Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files - that are marked as 'always matching index'. + that are marked as 'assume unchanged' (see + linkgit:git-update-index[1]). --full-name:: When run from a subdirectory, the command usually @@ -103,9 +137,15 @@ OPTIONS --abbrev[=<n>]:: Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object - lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix. + lines, show only a partial prefix. Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>. +--debug:: + After each line that describes a file, add more data about its + cache entry. This is intended to show as much information as + possible for manual inspection; the exact format may change at + any time. + \--:: Do not interpret any more arguments as options. @@ -115,19 +155,19 @@ OPTIONS Output ------ -show files just outputs the filename unless '--stage' is specified in +'git ls-files' just outputs the filenames unless '--stage' is specified in which case it outputs: [<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file> -"git-ls-files --unmerged" and "git-ls-files --stage" can be used to examine +'git ls-files --unmerged' and 'git ls-files --stage' can be used to examine detailed information on unmerged paths. For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA1 pair, -the dircache records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage +the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the -path. (see git-read-tree for more information on state) +path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state) When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, @@ -137,48 +177,26 @@ respectively. Exclude Patterns ---------------- -'git-ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when +'git ls-files' can use a list of "exclude patterns" when traversing the directory tree and finding files to show when the -flags --others or --ignored are specified. +flags --others or --ignored are specified. linkgit:gitignore[5] +specifies the format of exclude patterns. -These exclude patterns come from these places: +These exclude patterns come from these places, in order: - 1. command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a single - pattern. + 1. The command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a + single pattern. Patterns are ordered in the same order + they appear in the command line. - 2. command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a list of - patterns stored in a file. + 2. The command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a + file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered + in the same order they appear in the file. 3. command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies - a name of the file in each directory 'git-ls-files' - examines, and if exists, its contents are used as an - additional list of patterns. - -An exclude pattern file used by (2) and (3) contains one pattern -per line. A line that starts with a '#' can be used as comment -for readability. - -There are three lists of patterns that are in effect at a given -time. They are built and ordered in the following way: - - * --exclude=<pattern> from the command line; patterns are - ordered in the same order as they appear on the command line. - - * lines read from --exclude-from=<file>; patterns are ordered - in the same order as they appear in the file. - - * When --exclude-per-directory=<name> is specified, upon - entering a directory that has such a file, its contents are - appended at the end of the current "list of patterns". They - are popped off when leaving the directory. - -Each pattern in the pattern list specifies "a match pattern" and -optionally the fate; either a file that matches the pattern is -considered excluded or included. A filename is matched against -the patterns in the three lists; the --exclude-from list is -checked first, then the --exclude-per-directory list, and then -finally the --exclude list. The last match determines its fate. -If there is no match in the three lists, the fate is "included". + a name of the file in each directory 'git ls-files' + examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper + directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the + same order they appear in the files. A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the @@ -186,58 +204,9 @@ top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the pattern file appears in. -An exclude pattern is of the following format: - - - an optional prefix '!' which means that the fate this pattern - specifies is "include", not the usual "exclude"; the - remainder of the pattern string is interpreted according to - the following rules. - - - if it does not contain a slash '/', it is a shell glob - pattern and used to match against the filename without - leading directories. - - - otherwise, it is a shell glob pattern, suitable for - consumption by fnmatch(3) with FNM_PATHNAME flag. I.e. a - slash in the pattern must match a slash in the pathname. - "Documentation/\*.html" matches "Documentation/git.html" but - not "ppc/ppc.html". As a natural exception, "/*.c" matches - "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c". - -An example: - --------------------------------------------------------------- - $ cat .git/info/exclude - # ignore objects and archives, anywhere in the tree. - *.[oa] - $ cat Documentation/.gitignore - # ignore generated html files, - *.html - # except foo.html which is maintained by hand - !foo.html - $ git-ls-files --ignored \ - --exclude='Documentation/*.[0-9]' \ - --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude \ - --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore --------------------------------------------------------------- - -Another example: - --------------------------------------------------------------- - $ cat .gitignore - vmlinux* - $ ls arch/foo/kernel/vm* - arch/foo/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S - $ echo '!/vmlinux*' >arch/foo/kernel/.gitignore --------------------------------------------------------------- - -The second .gitignore keeps `arch/foo/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S` file -from getting ignored. - - -See Also +SEE ALSO -------- -gitlink:git-read-tree[1] +linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5] Author @@ -246,9 +215,8 @@ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> Documentation -------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett, and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite - +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |