git-ls-tree − List the contents of a tree object
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>...]
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.
<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\0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames.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.
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 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>
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)".
path
The pathname of the object.
Part of the git(1) suite