Re: git ls-files handles paths differently in Windows and Mac (probably Linux)

[Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 14:59, Kirill Likhodedov
<Kirill.Likhodedov@jetbrains.com> wrote:
>>> The behavior of ls-files is inconsistent in Windows and Mac.
>>>
>>> I want to see which files were changed in the specific directory of my working tree, so I call ls-files:
>>>> git ls-files -douvm --exclude-standard -- MYDIR
>>>
>>
>> Well, it is an... unconventional way to do that. May I suggest you consider
>> using "git diff --name-status" or just "git status" next time?
>
> My tests show that "git ls-files -douvm" is faster than "git diff --name-status".

I find it hard to believe (the tool was definitely not mean for this).

> "git status" doesn't fit, because it's porcelain (btw, git diff is also porcelain) and its output may change in time;

There is always "git diff-files", but I doubt the output of "git diff
--name-status" will change soon.
Besides, if you have to just check if the tree under a path is changed
you can always use
--exit-code or --quiet to "git diff", it will speed them up.