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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt | 21 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt index add6f435b5..944fc39fac 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt @@ -9,37 +9,40 @@ Data structure -------------- `struct dir_struct` structure is used to pass directory traversal -options to the library and to record the paths discovered. The notable -options are: +options to the library and to record the paths discovered. A single +`struct dir_struct` is used regardless of whether or not the traversal +recursively descends into subdirectories. + +The notable options are: `exclude_per_dir`:: The name of the file to be read in each directory for excluded files (typically `.gitignore`). -`collect_ignored`:: +`flags`:: - Include paths that are to be excluded in the result. + A bit-field of options: -`show_ignored`:: +`DIR_SHOW_IGNORED`::: The traversal is for finding just ignored files, not unignored files. -`show_other_directories`:: +`DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES`::: Include a directory that is not tracked. -`hide_empty_directories`:: +`DIR_HIDE_EMPTY_DIRECTORIES`::: Do not include a directory that is not tracked and is empty. -`no_gitlinks`:: +`DIR_NO_GITLINKS`::: If set, recurse into a directory that looks like a git directory. Otherwise it is shown as a directory. -The result of the enumeration is left in these fields:: +The result of the enumeration is left in these fields: `entries[]`:: |