Derrick Stolee <stolee@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > So maybe be purposeful and include the -a option and expect only the > .git dir (along with . and ..)? > > Something like: > > cat >expect <<-\EOF && > . > .. > .git > EOF > ls -a clone_no_checkout >actual && > test_cmp expect actual && Is it guaranteed that everybody has dot and dot-dot in their directory? https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ls.html has this to describe the "-A" option: Write out all directory entries, including those whose names begin with a <period> ( '.' ) but excluding the entries dot and dot-dot (if they exist). whose "if they exist" scares me ;-)
