RE: Make git ls-files omit deleted files

From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Jan 12, 2024, 22:18 UTC
Message-ID: <038a01da45a5$47faf380$d7f0da80$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqply68c87.fsf@gitster.g>

On Friday, January 12, 2024 4:37 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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>Raul Rangel <rrangel@google.com> writes:
>
>> I'm trying to copy my current git worktree to a new directory, while
>> including all modified and untracked files, but excluding any ignored
>> files.
>
>Curiously missing from the above is "unmodified".  You only talked about

modified,

>untracked, and ignored, but what do you want to do with them?
>
>As you are grabbing the files from the working tree, I suspect that you do

not want

>to base your decision on what is in the index, which means that ls-files

might be a

>wrong tool for the job.

Coupled with ls-files, using git status --porcelain might give some insight into what the condition of each modified and untracked file/directory is.