If I do GIT_DIR=$HOME/projects/<project>/.git git ls-files --others from, e.g., $HOME, I get a list of all the files in $HOME and its subdirectories that aren't in said git repository. Shouldn't --others use $GIT_DIR, instead of ".", or am I missing something here? nikolai - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html