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

3 messages from 2006-11-19 to 2006-11-20. Participants: Nikolai Weibull, Petr Baudis.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43429

## Nikolai Weibull, 2006-11-19 13:37

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


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## Petr Baudis, 2006-11-19 18:37

Subject: Re: Shouldn't git-ls-files --others use $GIT_DIR?
Message-ID: <20061119183756.GZ7201@pasky.or.cz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20061119183756.GZ7201%40pasky.or.cz
In-Reply-To: <dbfc82860611190537q77c8a358m184377a21d5a3e11@mail.gmail.com>

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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.

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.

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
The meaning of Stonehenge in Traflamadorian, when viewed from above, is:
"Replacement part being rushed with all possible speed."

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## Nikolai Weibull, 2006-11-20 19:51

Subject: Re: Shouldn't git-ls-files --others use $GIT_DIR?
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In-Reply-To: <20061119183756.GZ7201@pasky.or.cz>

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


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