Re: git-ls-files(1) avoiding symlinks

[Alejandro Colomar <alx+git@kernel.org>]

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Hi Ben,

> Date: 2026-11-06 09:15:22-0500
> From: "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
>
[...]
> > A problem with git-ls-files(1) is that it doesn't have a way to filter
> > files by type.  That is, it will list symlinks, which will affect the
> > search.  With find(1), I can control that with '-type f', which makes
> > sure I only search in regular files.  I'd like to have some feature in
> > git-ls-files(1) that allows me to print files of the specified type.
> > Since git(1) knows the type of the files, this should be doable without
> > much overhead, right?
> 
> Perhaps something with "git ls-files --format='%(objectmode) %(path)'
> -z"? Of course, your examples already omit -z, so if you can assume
> that it might be simpler.

Hmmm, that could work.  Thanks!

	$ git ls-files --format='%(objectmode) %(path)' \
	| grep -v ^120000 \
	| sed 's/^.* //' \
	| grep '\.[ch]$' \
	| xargs grepc creat;

With -z it becomes a bit tedious:

	$ git ls-files -z --format='%(objectmode) %(path)' \
	| grep -zv ^120000 \
	| sed -z 's/^.* //' \
	| grep -z '\.[ch]$' \
	| xargs -0 grepc creat;

But, indeed, I don't care about files with spaces often, because I don't
create them in my stuff.

I expect git-ls-files(1) could make this much simpler, though:

	$ git ls-files --type f \
	| grep '\.[ch]$' \
	| xargs grepc creat;


Have a lovely day!
Alex

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