# "git ls-files -i" does not shows ignored files on Windows

2 messages from 2009-05-26 to 2009-05-27. Participants: Constantine Plotnikov, Sitaram Chamarty.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/19513

## Constantine Plotnikov, 2009-05-26 17:36

Subject: "git ls-files -i" does not shows ignored files on Windows
Message-ID: <85647ef50905261036u2d3c00c9lcf0df8f29de051ef@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/85647ef50905261036u2d3c00c9lcf0df8f29de051ef%40mail.gmail.com

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I have encountered a strange problem on Windows (cygwin git 1.6.1.2
and msys git version 1.6.2.2.1669.g7eaf8).

Lets execute the following sequence of commands:

git init
echo a >.gitignore
echo test >a
git ls-files -i --exclude-standard

The last command in the sequence gives an empty output. But "git
status" and "git ls-files -o --exclude-standard" show only
".gitignore" file as untracked. So the file "a" is considered as
ignored by git, but it is not displayed in output "git ls-files -i
--exclude-standard".

Does the bug happen on other platforms and versions of git?

Regards,
Constantine

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## Sitaram Chamarty, 2009-05-27 03:37

Subject: Re: "git ls-files -i" does not shows ignored files on Windows
Message-ID: <slrnh1pdc6.ojl.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/slrnh1pdc6.ojl.sitaramc%40sitaramc.homelinux.net
In-Reply-To: <85647ef50905261036u2d3c00c9lcf0df8f29de051ef@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2009-05-26, Constantine Plotnikov <constantine.plotnikov@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have encountered a strange problem on Windows (cygwin git 1.6.1.2
> and msys git version 1.6.2.2.1669.g7eaf8).
>
> Lets execute the following sequence of commands:
>
> git init
> echo a >.gitignore
> echo test >a
> git ls-files -i --exclude-standard
>
> The last command in the sequence gives an empty output. But "git
> status" and "git ls-files -o --exclude-standard" show only
> ".gitignore" file as untracked. So the file "a" is considered as
> ignored by git, but it is not displayed in output "git ls-files -i
> --exclude-standard".
>
> Does the bug happen on other platforms and versions of git?

here's what works, after I used your 4 commands on an empty
directory.  Numbers in parens added for the purpose of this
email, the rest is a straight paste:

    $ git ls-files -i --exclude-standard -o (1)
    a
    $ git ls-files -o (2)
    .gitignore
    a
    $ git add a
    The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore
    files:
    a
    Use -f if you really want to add them.
    fatal: no files added
    $ git add -f a
    $ git ls-files -i --exclude-standard (3)
    a
    $

(1) your "a" is untracked right now, so ls-files seems to
consider it part of "other" files.

(2) and indeed, using just "-o" does show the file

(3) and when you forcibly add it, then you can see it with
your original command.

Yes, I agree it doesn't make too much sense.  I have long
had the following aliases in my gitconfig:

    ls-del  = ls-files -d
    ls-mod  = ls-files -m   # this will include deleted files also
    ls-new  = ls-files --exclude-standard -o
    ls-ign  = ls-files --exclude-standard -o -i

HTH and all that,

Sitaram

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