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 git-ls-files(1)
 ===============

 NAME
 ----
 git-ls-files - Information about files in the index/working directory


 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 '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]
 		[--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]\*

 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 This merges the file listing in the directory cache index with the
 actual working directory list, and shows different combinations of the
 two.

 One or more of the options below may be used to determine the files
 shown:

 OPTIONS
 -------
 -c|--cached::
 	Show cached files in the output (default)

 -d|--deleted::
 	Show deleted files in the output

 -m|--modified::
 	Show modified files in the output

 -o|--others::
 	Show other files in the output

 -i|--ignored::
 	Show ignored files in the output
 	Note the this also reverses any exclude list present.

 -s|--stage::
 	Show stage files in the output

 --directory::
 	If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its
 	name (with a trailing slash) and not its whole contents.

 --no-empty-directory::
 	Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.

 -u|--unmerged::
 	Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)

 -k|--killed::
 	Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due
 	to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to
 	succeed.

 -z::
 	\0 line termination on output.

 -x|--exclude=<pattern>::
 	Skips files matching pattern.
 	Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern.

 -X|--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>.

 --error-unmatch::
 	If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
 	error (return 1).

 -t::
 	Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by
 	a space) at the start of each line:
 	H::	cached
 	M::	unmerged
 	R::	removed/deleted
 	C::	modified/changed
 	K::	to be killed
 	?::	other

 -v::
 	Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
 	that are marked as 'always matching index'.

 --full-name::
 	When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
 	outputs paths relative to the current directory.  This
 	option forces paths to be output relative to the project
 	top directory.

 --abbrev[=<n>]::
 	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
 	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.
 	Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.

 \--::
 	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.

 <file>::
 	Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
 	specified criteria are shown.

 Output
 ------
 show files just outputs the filename 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
 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
 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)

 When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
 in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
 respectively.


 Exclude Patterns
 ----------------

 '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.

 These exclude patterns come from these places:

   1. command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a single
      pattern.

   2. command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a list of
      patterns stored in a 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 pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
 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/ignore
     # 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/ignore \
         --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
 --------
 gitlink:git-read-tree[1]


 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

 Documentation
 --------------
 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
	git-ls-files(1)
	===============

	NAME
	----
	git-ls-files - Information about files in the index/working directory


	SYNOPSIS
	--------
	[verse]
	'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]
	[--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]\*

	DESCRIPTION
	-----------
	This merges the file listing in the directory cache index with the
	actual working directory list, and shows different combinations of the
	two.

	One or more of the options below may be used to determine the files
	shown:

	OPTIONS
	-------
	-c\|--cached::
	Show cached files in the output (default)

	-d\|--deleted::
	Show deleted files in the output

	-m\|--modified::
	Show modified files in the output

	-o\|--others::
	Show other files in the output

	-i\|--ignored::
	Show ignored files in the output
	Note the this also reverses any exclude list present.

	-s\|--stage::
	Show stage files in the output

	--directory::
	If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its
	name (with a trailing slash) and not its whole contents.

	--no-empty-directory::
	Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.

	-u\|--unmerged::
	Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)

	-k\|--killed::
	Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due
	to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to
	succeed.

	-z::
	\0 line termination on output.

	-x\|--exclude=<pattern>::
	Skips files matching pattern.
	Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern.

	-X\|--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>.

	--error-unmatch::
	If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
	error (return 1).

	-t::
	Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by
	a space) at the start of each line:
	H:: cached
	M:: unmerged
	R:: removed/deleted
	C:: modified/changed
	K:: to be killed
	?:: other

	-v::
	Similar to `-t`, but use lowercase letters for files
	that are marked as 'always matching index'.

	--full-name::
	When run from a subdirectory, the command usually
	outputs paths relative to the current directory. This
	option forces paths to be output relative to the project
	top directory.

	--abbrev[=<n>]::
	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.
	Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.

	\--::
	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.

	<file>::
	Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
	specified criteria are shown.

	Output
	------
	show files just outputs the filename 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
	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
	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)

	When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
	in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
	respectively.


	Exclude Patterns
	----------------

	'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.

	These exclude patterns come from these places:

	1. command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a single
	pattern.

	2. command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a list of
	patterns stored in a 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 pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
	from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
	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/ignore
	# 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/ignore \
	--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
	--------
	gitlink:git-read-tree[1]


	Author
	------
	Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

	Documentation
	--------------
	Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

	GIT
	---
	Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite