# [PATCH] Document git-ls-tree --full-tree

4 messages from 2008-12-29 to 2009-01-01. Participants: Nanako Shiraishi, Markus Heidelberg, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16918

## Nanako Shiraishi, 2008-12-29 22:18

Subject: [PATCH] Document git-ls-tree --full-tree
Message-ID: <20081230071818.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081230071818.6117%40nanako3.lavabit.com

```
Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
---
 Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt |    8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index 4c7262f..db6ebcc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z]
-	    [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--abbrev=[<n>]]
+	    [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev=[<n>]]
 	    <tree-ish> [paths...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ in the current working directory.  Note that:
    'sub/dir' in 'HEAD').  You don't want to give a tree that is not at the
    root level (e.g. 'git ls-tree -r HEAD:sub dir') in this case, as that
    would result in asking for 'sub/sub/dir' in the 'HEAD' commit.
+   However, the current working directory can be ignored by passing
+   --full-tree option.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -66,6 +68,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of showing the path names relative to the current working
 	directory, show the full path names.
 
+--full-tree::
+	Do not limit the listing to the current working directory.
+	Implies --full-name.
+
 paths::
 	When paths are given, show them (note that this isn't really raw
 	pathnames, but rather a list of patterns to match).  Otherwise
-- 
1.6.1

-- 
Nanako Shiraishi
http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/

```

## Markus Heidelberg, 2008-12-29 22:36

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document git-ls-tree --full-tree
Message-ID: <200812292336.37812.markus.heidelberg@web.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200812292336.37812.markus.heidelberg%40web.de
In-Reply-To: <20081230071818.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>

```
Nanako Shiraishi, 29.12.2008:
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
>  'git ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z]
> -	    [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--abbrev=[<n>]]
> +	    [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev=[<n>]]
>  	    <tree-ish> [paths...]

This can additionally be done in the usage array in the source.

Markus

```

## Nanako Shiraishi, 2008-12-31 10:00

Subject: [PATCH] Document git-ls-tree --full-tree
Message-ID: <20081231190050.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081231190050.6117%40nanako3.lavabit.com
In-Reply-To: <200812292336.37812.markus.heidelberg@web.de>

```

Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
---

I added the option to ls_tree_usage[] following suggestion by Markus
Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>

 Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt |    8 +++++++-
 builtin-ls-tree.c             |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index 4c7262f..db6ebcc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z]
-	    [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--abbrev=[<n>]]
+	    [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev=[<n>]]
 	    <tree-ish> [paths...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ in the current working directory.  Note that:
    'sub/dir' in 'HEAD').  You don't want to give a tree that is not at the
    root level (e.g. 'git ls-tree -r HEAD:sub dir') in this case, as that
    would result in asking for 'sub/sub/dir' in the 'HEAD' commit.
+   However, the current working directory can be ignored by passing
+   --full-tree option.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -66,6 +68,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of showing the path names relative to the current working
 	directory, show the full path names.
 
+--full-tree::
+	Do not limit the listing to the current working directory.
+	Implies --full-name.
+
 paths::
 	When paths are given, show them (note that this isn't really raw
 	pathnames, but rather a list of patterns to match).  Otherwise
diff --git a/builtin-ls-tree.c b/builtin-ls-tree.c
index cb61717..4cd624c 100644
--- a/builtin-ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-ls-tree.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static int chomp_prefix;
 static const char *ls_tree_prefix;
 
 static const char ls_tree_usage[] =
-	"git ls-tree [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z] [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--abbrev[=<n>]] <tree-ish> [path...]";
+	"git ls-tree [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z] [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev[=<n>]] <tree-ish> [path...]";
 
 static int show_recursive(const char *base, int baselen, const char *pathname)
 {
-- 
1.6.1

-- 
Nanako Shiraishi
http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2009-01-01 21:00

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document git-ls-tree --full-tree
Message-ID: <7vljtuivwz.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vljtuivwz.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <20081231190050.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>

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Thanks.

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