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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt index ba0438e9ad..b92a8b2db1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt @@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ git-ls-tree - Lists the contents of a tree object. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-z] <tree-ish> [paths...] +'git-ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-z] [--name-only] [--name-status] <tree-ish> [paths...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Lists the contents of a tree object, like what "/bin/ls -a" does -in the current working directory. +Lists the contents of a given tree object, like what "/bin/ls -a" does +in the current working directory. Note that the usage is subtly different, +though - 'paths' denote 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. OPTIONS ------- @@ -21,36 +24,48 @@ OPTIONS Id of a tree-ish. -d:: - show only the named tree entry itself, not its children + Show only the named tree entry itself, not its children. -r:: - recurse into sub-trees + 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'. -z:: - \0 line termination on output + \0 line termination on output. + +--name-only:: +--name-status:: + List only filenames (instead of the "long" output), one per line. paths:: - When paths are given, show them. Otherwise implicitly - uses the root level of the tree as the sole path argument. + 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 ------------- <mode> SP <type> SP <object> TAB <file> -When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters -in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, -respectively. +When the `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters +in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively. Author ------ -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> -Completely rewritten from scratch by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> +Written by Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> +Completely rewritten from scratch by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, +another major rewrite by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> Documentation -------------- -Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list +<git@vger.kernel.org>. + +This manual page is a stub. You can help the git documentation by expanding it. GIT --- |