# Question: how to have ls-files use the .gitignore in the index 2 messages from 2012-04-02 to 2012-04-06. Participants: Holding, Lawrence, Kevin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30132 ## Holding, Lawrence, 2012-04-02 23:07 Subject: Question: how to have ls-files use the .gitignore in the index Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/A5E8E180685CEF45AB9E737A010799805DFACA%40cdnz-ex1.corp.cubic.cub ``` I have a pre-commit hook that checks the index for files that match the ignores / excludes in the repository. But sometimes this will run on a repository where not all the folders are up-to-date with the tip, and will then test against the working tree versions of these files and not those in the index. from pre-commit: if git ls-files -i --exclude-standard | grep . then exit 1 fi Is there an option to have ls-files use the excludes in the index without checking out the whole file tree? Thanks, ``` ## Kevin, 2012-04-06 11:21 Subject: Re: Question: how to have ls-files use the .gitignore in the index Message-ID: <20120406112113.GA4528@ikke-laptop.buyways.nl> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120406112113.GA4528%40ikke-laptop.buyways.nl In-Reply-To: ``` What I would do is check out the file from the index to a temporary file, and use that as an exclude file. You can probably use git checkout-index in combination with --temp to create the file. Kevin On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 11:07:08AM +1200, Holding, Lawrence wrote: > I have a pre-commit hook that checks the index for files that match the > ignores / excludes in the repository. But sometimes this will run on a > repository where not all the folders are up-to-date with the tip, and > will then test against the working tree versions of these files and not > those in the index. > > from pre-commit: > > if git ls-files -i --exclude-standard | grep . > then > exit 1 > fi > > Is there an option to have ls-files use the excludes in the index > without checking out the whole file tree? > > Thanks, ```