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git-ls-tree(1)
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NAME
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git-ls-tree - List the contents of a tree object
SYNOPSIS
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'git ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z]
[--name-only] [--name-status] [--object-only] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--format=<format>]
<tree-ish> [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
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Lists the contents of a given tree object, like what "/bin/ls -a" does
in the current working directory. Note that:
- the behaviour is slightly different from that of "/bin/ls" in that the
'<path>' denotes just a list of patterns to match, e.g. so specifying
directory name (without `-r`) will behave differently, and order of the
arguments does not matter.
- the behaviour is similar to that of "/bin/ls" in that the '<path>' is
taken as relative to the current working directory. E.g. when you are
in a directory 'sub' that has a directory 'dir', you can run 'git
ls-tree -r HEAD dir' to list the contents of the tree (that is
`sub/dir` in `HEAD`). You don't want to give a tree that is not at the
root level (e.g. `git ls-tree -r HEAD:sub dir`) in this case, as that
would result in asking for `sub/sub/dir` in the `HEAD` commit.
However, the current working directory can be ignored by passing
--full-tree option.
OPTIONS
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<tree-ish>::
Id of a tree-ish.
-d::
Show only the named tree entry itself, not its children.
-r::
Recurse into sub-trees.
-t::
Show tree entries even when going to recurse them. Has no effect
if `-r` was not passed. `-d` implies `-t`.
-l::
--long::
Show object size of blob (file) entries.
-z::
\0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames.
See OUTPUT FORMAT below for more information.
--name-only::
--name-status::
List only filenames (instead of the "long" output), one per line.
Cannot be combined with `--object-only`.
--object-only::
List only names of the objects, one per line. Cannot be combined
with `--name-only` or `--name-status`.
This is equivalent to specifying `--format='%(objectname)'`, but
for both this option and that exact format the command takes a
hand-optimized codepath instead of going through the generic
formatting mechanism.
--abbrev[=<n>]::
Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
lines, show the shortest prefix that is at least '<n>'
hexdigits long that uniquely refers the object.
Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
--full-name::
Instead of showing the path names relative to the current working
directory, show the full path names.
--full-tree::
Do not limit the listing to the current working directory.
Implies --full-name.
--format=<format>::
A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the result
being shown. It also interpolates `%%` to `%`, and
`%xNN` where `NN` are hex digits interpolates to character
with hex code `NN`; for example `%x00` interpolates to
`\0` (NUL), `%x09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%x0a` to `\n` (LF).
When specified, `--format` cannot be combined with other
format-altering options, including `--long`, `--name-only`
and `--object-only`.
[<path>...]::
When paths are given, show them (note that this isn't really raw
pathnames, but rather a list of patterns to match). Otherwise
implicitly uses the root level of the tree as the sole path argument.
Output Format
-------------
The output format of `ls-tree` is determined by either the `--format`
option, or other format-altering options such as `--name-only` etc.
(see `--format` above).
The use of certain `--format` directives is equivalent to using those
options, but invoking the full formatting machinery can be slower than
using an appropriate formatting option.
In cases where the `--format` would exactly map to an existing option
`ls-tree` will use the appropriate faster path. Thus the default format
is equivalent to:
%(objectmode) %(objecttype) %(objectname)%x09%(path)
This output format is compatible with what `--index-info --stdin` of
'git update-index' expects.
When the `-l` option is used, format changes to
%(objectmode) %(objecttype) %(objectname) %(objectsize:padded)%x09%(path)
Object size identified by <objectname> is given in bytes, and right-justified
with minimum width of 7 characters. Object size is given only for blobs
(file) entries; for other entries `-` character is used in place of size.
Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
(see linkgit:git-config[1]). Using `-z` the filename is output
verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte.
Customized format:
It is possible to print in a custom format by using the `--format` option,
which is able to interpolate different fields using a `%(fieldname)` notation.
For example, if you only care about the "objectname" and "path" fields, you
can execute with a specific "--format" like
git ls-tree --format='%(objectname) %(path)' <tree-ish>
FIELD NAMES
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Various values from structured fields can be used to interpolate
into the resulting output. For each outputting line, the following
names can be used:
objectmode::
The mode of the object.
objecttype::
The type of the object (`commit`, `blob` or `tree`).
objectname::
The name of the object.
objectsize[:padded]::
The size of a `blob` object ("-" if it's a `commit` or `tree`).
It also supports a padded format of size with "%(objectsize:padded)".