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kittygirl
kittygirl

Reputation: 2443

`git ls-files --others --exclude-standard` doesn't output files which not tracked by git,what's the problem?

My system is centos 7.4 with git 1.8.3

When I want to list all files not tracked by git: 

[root@localhost www]# git ls-files --others --exclude-standard
[root@localhost www]# git status
# On branch test
nothing to commit, working directory clean

It seemed nothing is non_tracked.

Then I run git clean -fdxn,output as below:
[root@localhost www]# git clean -fdxn

Would remove cms/template/
Would remove cms/tool/feedback/temp/
Would remove cms/update/
Would remove html/
Would remove images/
Would remove index.html
Would remove nbproject/
Would remove admin/application/config/config.php
Would remove welcome.html

We can see lots of folders and files not_tracked.
That's right,because those folders and files are listed in .gitignore.

I am confused.
For example, welcome.html is output of git clean -fdxn,which means welcome.html is not tracked.
Why doesn't git ls-files --others --exclude-standard output welcome.html?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3222

Answers (1)

phd
phd

Reputation: 94483

git ls-files --others --exclude-standard outputs no files because there are no files that are untracked and not ignored. Add a file that doesn't correspond to any pattern in .gitignore and retry — the file will be in the output.

To see all untracked files including ignored run simple git ls-files --others.

Upvotes: 2

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