I have a pre-commit hook that checks the index for files that match the ignores / excludes in the repository. But sometimes this will run on a repository where not all the folders are up-to-date with the tip, and will then test against the working tree versions of these files and not those in the index. from pre-commit: if git ls-files -i --exclude-standard | grep . then exit 1 fi Is there an option to have ls-files use the excludes in the index without checking out the whole file tree? Thanks, -- 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