Re: Make git ls-files omit deleted files

From: Raul Rangel <rrangel@google.com>
Date: Jan 12, 2024, 21:50 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHQZ30AZjqC9t9xDo407FEo3sDUDOSApOwMP_3Pm2nv7itttQQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqply68c87.fsf@gitster.g>

On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 2:37 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Raul Rangel <rrangel@google.com> writes:
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> > 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.
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> Curiously missing from the above is "unmodified".  You only talked
> about modified, untracked, and ignored, but what do you want to do
> with them?

I guess another way of saying it is, I want to make a copy of the worktree while honoring .gitignore. i.e., I don't want my copied work tree to contain any ignored files.

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> 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.

Hrmm, that makes sense. Do you have any recommendations?