Bruce Stephens, Wed, Nov 14, 2007 23:36:06 +0100: > How do I get a list of files (in HEAD, say) that would be ignored by > the .gitignore files (and the other usual settings)? > > It feels like something like this ought to work: > > git ls-files -z | xargs -0 git ls-files --ignored > > But listing its arguments that are ignored by .gitignore (etc.) > doesn't seem to be what "git ls-files --ignored" does. Or at least, > not quite as straightforwardly as that. git ls-files --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore -X .git/info/exclude -i -o > The motivation is (obviously) that I fear some of the .gitignore > patterns are too broad, and a reasonable check is that none of the > files that are already committed would be caught by the patterns. git ls-files --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore -X .git/info/exclude -i (IOW, remove the -o aka --others) - 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
