Hello git ls-files --deleted seams to be broken when GIT_WORK_TREE is set as can be observed below. Instead of just showing deleted files it also shows at least unchanged and modified files. I have observed this behaviour with git.git and do not know if released versions are affected. #### setup $ mkdir -p base/worktree $ cd base/ $ export GIT_DIR=/tmp/base/.git $ export GIT_WORK_TREE=/tmp/base/worktree $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/base/.git/ $ touch worktree/deleted worktree/modified worktree/unchanged $ git add . $ git commit -m init [master (root-commit) f4e1bd3] init 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 deleted create mode 100644 modified create mode 100644 unchanged $ rm worktree/deleted $ echo modified > worktree/modified #### expected result $ git ls-files --deleted deleted #### actual result $ git ls-files --deleted deleted modified unchanged #### untracked and out-of-worktree seam to be fine $ touch worktree/untracked $ touch not-in-worktree $ git ls-files --deleted deleted modified unchanged #### related options / commands seam to be fine $ git ls-files --modified deleted modified $ git ls-files --others $ git ls-files --cached deleted modified unchanged $ git status # On branch master # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # deleted: deleted # modified: modified # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") Best regards, -- Jonas Bernoulli Ps: Is there a way to show modified files excluding deleted files other than this? ( git ls-files --deleted; git ls-files --modified ) | uniq --unique Pps: The description of --others is ambitious, what is "other files"? -- 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