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Shouldn't git-ls-files --others use $GIT_DIR?

Subject: Shouldn't git-ls-files --others use $GIT_DIR?

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3 messages between Nov 19, 2006 and Nov 20, 2006.

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Nikolai Weibull· Nov 19, 2006, 13:37 UTC · lore

If I do

GIT_DIR=$HOME/projects/<project>/.git git ls-files --others

from, e.g., $HOME, I get a list of all the files in $HOME and its subdirectories that aren't in said git repository. Shouldn't --others use $GIT_DIR, instead of ".", or am I missing something here?

Petr Baudis· Nov 19, 2006, 18:37 UTC · re: Nikolai Weibull · lore

Re: Shouldn't git-ls-files --others use $GIT_DIR?

On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 02:37:42PM CET, Nikolai Weibull wrote:

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> If I do
> 
> GIT_DIR=$HOME/projects/<project>/.git git ls-files --others
> 
> from, e.g., $HOME, I get a list of all the files in $HOME and its
> subdirectories that aren't in said git repository.  Shouldn't --others
> use $GIT_DIR, instead of ".", or am I missing something here?

git-ls-files --others lists untracked files in the current directory by comparing it to the index stored in $GIT_DIR/index and listing files present in the current directory but not in the index.

GIT_DIR is a path to the Git repository the commands should work with, but if they work on working tree, they look at the current directory for it.

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Nikolai Weibull· Nov 20, 2006, 19:51 UTC · re: Petr Baudis · lore

Re: Shouldn't git-ls-files --others use $GIT_DIR?

On 11/19/06, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:

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> On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 02:37:42PM CET, Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> > If I do
> >
> > GIT_DIR=$HOME/projects/<project>/.git git ls-files --others
> >
> > from, e.g., $HOME, I get a list of all the files in $HOME and its
> > subdirectories that aren't in said git repository.  Shouldn't --others
> > use $GIT_DIR, instead of ".", or am I missing something here?
>
> git-ls-files --others lists untracked files in the current directory by
> comparing it to the index stored in $GIT_DIR/index and listing files
> present in the current directory but not in the index.

Ah, of course; how silly of me.  Thanks.