git status -> Show files that will be added (staged) in subdirectories
GitVersion ControlGit Problem Overview
Say I start a git repository in a folder, and I have several subdirectories in it.
I have several globbing patterns .gitignore to exclude files in the subdirectories. However, when I do git status before I stage anything, git status only shows the names of the subfolders that will be added, without being specific about which files in each subdirectory will be added (staged) if I do git add ..
Interestingly though, git status is explicit about the files that will be committed after I stage files with git add ..
Is there anyway to ask git status to be explicit about files for the files that would be staged?
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
Try:
git status -u
or the long form:
git status --untracked-files
which will show individual files in untracked directories.
Here's the detailed description of -u option from git-status man page:
> -u[<mode>]
> --untracked-files[=<mode>]
>
> Show untracked files.
>
> The mode parameter is optional (defaults to all), and is used to specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the default is normal, i.e. show untracked files and directories.
>
> The possible options are:
>
> * no - Show no untracked files
> * normal - Shows untracked files and directories
> * all - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
>
> The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles configuration variable documented in git-config(1).
Solution 2 - Git
You can simply use
git add --dry-run .
in the root of your repository which gives you a list of any file in any sub directory that would be added while considering .gitignore.
Solution 3 - Git
>git ls-files -o --exclude-standard
Every path in your worktree that isn't staged (-o) and won't be ignored by git add (--exclude-standard).
Solution 4 - Git
How about putting a .gitignore file in your sub directories instead along the line of
# Ignore everything in this directory
*
# Except these file
!.gitignore
!file1
!file2
!file3
Solution 5 - Git
There is a huge chance it is due to line ending. Solution:
git config --global core.autocrlf true
But don't just run this command, validate before executing it. Use git diff, if most of the files show no difference, it is due to line ending. Use it well.
Solution 6 - Git
use git command git ls-files -o to list untracked file
instead -o use -c --cached Show cached files in the output (default)
-d --deleted Show deleted files in the output
-m --modified Show modified files in the output