Hi all, ls-files -o prints all files under .git if you are in the .git directory. this is pretty dangerous since we now have git clean to delete files marked others. sure in UNIX env., you can easily shoot yourself in the foot. but it'd might be nice to help newbies. I'm not sure how we should fix this. should we 1) prevent to run any git command under .git unless .git is also managed by git (ie. .git/.git or something exists) 2) prevent ls-files -o to print any files under .git/ even if we are in the directory. the way to reproduce is: $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in .git/ $ echo hello > hello.c $ git add . $ git commit -m initial Created initial commit b40c824b521f6c60434043f0cce08a88b4031ed8 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 hello.c $ cd .git $ git ls-files -o HEAD config description hooks/applypatch-msg hooks/commit-msg hooks/post-commit hooks/post-update hooks/pre-applypatch hooks/pre-commit hooks/pre-rebase hooks/update index info/exclude logs/refs/heads/master objects/b4/0c824b521f6c60434043f0cce08a88b4031ed8 objects/bc/2d2dcb34e8313627d45ad6ef38beddf560501d objects/ce/013625030ba8dba906f756967f9e9ca394464a refs/heads/master $ git clean Removing HEAD Not removing branches/ Removing config Removing description Not removing hooks/ Removing index Not removing info/ Not removing logs/ Not removing objects/ Not removing refs/ Not removing remotes/ $ cd .. $ git ls-files fatal: Not a git repository $ -- yashi - 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