Re: git ls-files handles paths differently in Windows and Mac (probably Linux)

From: Kirill Likhodedov <kirill.likhodedov@jetbrains.com>
Date: Oct 12, 2010, 12:59 UTC
Message-ID: <C29949EA-5717-4BA3-936E-354FCB107877@jetbrains.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimB6s_yt6L59xpqsWO_yBsZxuVCiExFoSm9FcN1@mail.gmail.com>

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>> The behavior of ls-files is inconsistent in Windows and Mac.
>> 
>> I want to see which files were changed in the specific directory of my working tree, so I call ls-files:
>>> git ls-files -douvm --exclude-standard -- MYDIR
>> 
> 
> Well, it is an... unconventional way to do that. May I suggest you consider
> using "git diff --name-status" or just "git status" next time?

My tests show that "git ls-files -douvm" is faster than "git diff --name-status".

"git status" doesn't fit, because it's porcelain (btw, git diff is also porcelain) and its output may change in time; "git status --porcelain" appeared only in 1.7.0, so I can't use it to work with older Git.

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