Re: git-ls-files --added?
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- Constantine Plotnikov <constantine.plotnikov@gmail.com>
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- May 25, 2009, 07:31 UTC
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On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes: > >> Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com> writes: >> ... >>> I am still interested in the rationale for git-ls-files not supporting >>> such an option directly, since git-diff still seems a little indirect. >> >> Partly historical, but more fundamental reason is because ls-files >> plumbing is about the index. >> ... >> Added is _not_ about comparision between the index and the work tree. It >> is between the HEAD commit and the index, and it does not belong to >> ls-files plumbing. > > Having said all that, I think you might be interested in pursuing > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/97830/focus=99134 > > Also, the following thread may serve as a food for thought; it shows that > there is real need for some concise, easy to parse output for people who > want their own Porcelain. > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/106122/focus=108110 > > In short, ls-files and diff-index _can_ give you what you want, but often > people would want information from both, consolidated.
I'm one of those people :) Writing git support for IDEs is quite tricky at times, and status check was one of quite unpleasant experiences.
BTW git-diff won't work in situation when the directory was just initialized and there were no commit. In that case added file = staged file and it is possible to use git-ls-files.
Constantine