From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1793993800; b=Js0Uc5ojWPhWde6Xb/QAatCfKnEavO0YiWZCVxUe5atRlLRSWuiCpLLBiT8iOrzqqlVR 4siQuNXDPQWvNlEczmJ/y0CIGvEKXn8hUp4QQxD7p8iN11Rjn/l9K0SECIvz+iY9k+gls UJzyY2ZpHGHRF7B+52DyasGXjNEXyOAN8Cnag/Ja3ZZvuCIRG5ao8nUUNGFdiCnbPDeTR dBbAryuZgmhgQ6RGjSZrg7WBjNo1hDI53TYKJedAmK555FpijHG9Pkll7bhZQnPfoBDDH jEBsgjim9Jxo17WBKhRSc6Z69LRjxt12jE6YDW3GXnyLKAKIELNwMZGCF31kavpBHvQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1793993800; h=Received:DKIM-Signature:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID: References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; bh=g4vgkadlBzwY4REghO8cfzqssIfOOmOwnfp055pgPik=; b=hOU5su32V21ZfM4ol6IzRxU3REyJEsFAaAtMk+EtuCFcUa2lbHrXCOZka6GXtZxxw+bu fuqrV3uI/aE6YwvvcZGy36WIDNW2zgyqTvvV4CPxHY0wQPXQ6knh++Td4Fhq7RMxtE6fi W2dE8fJiXLOjJuWb2AdC6pvlCHtzWhV7szmKAHavHP2aSJahcQ1z2gSwuX481cvk9Tm+s 28CEAMdQnEapwPwBeBhXFuExA/dnDZRYOwXfC73Ayi9m/UAUMg3Qdtvfw+m2VuN9LwpvJ m0pjnW5Ft3huCQaqTL9usRUaAFmJfHrGPTh0nWYkyrRM29/m/jDL9DAxVp83xlrV85w== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=dvnZJag1; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=100.103.45.18 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF526606A32C for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2026 19:36:39 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=dvnZJag1 Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 189961F008BC; Fri, 6 Nov 2026 19:36:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1793993799; bh=g4vgkadlBzwY4REghO8cfzqssIfOOmOwnfp055pgPik=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=dvnZJag1trF2pwXgc/ES4Hw6e7WQcF6z2LTOgqPDFfZVfaSFkK88pV3mvXwNW5xqI Pj1T7kUfVwHT3xjjAHj18nd7rhro+VfzteuHAVrSrfAWH1hItmAPBd1KXOkKbK584r sDsEz6pqIudIGMJNfka20Bb55LtTmxtam6STqlnf94uGi4JsPlIipVEguhCLID4ll1 138Rh73Dbqn3+8LZmjZ1dtrraSMsr2gbtljgZRqh5MXtPvnhTfuPJdNPEKHwWdZARY KneIFcbN2KKx07SpSSFbh0HhMPMSezXkWF86UNtKgK0vRqw42rn6TkOBqruwM0QRV2 StwGm8R2n/SSw== Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 20:36:31 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Ben Knoble Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Andy Shevchenko , Linus Torvalds , Krzysztof Kozlowski Subject: Re: git-ls-files(1) avoiding symlinks Message-ID: References: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wiyvbp77ygcid7vz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --wiyvbp77ygcid7vz Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: Ben Knoble Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Andy Shevchenko , Linus Torvalds , Krzysztof Kozlowski Subject: Re: git-ls-files(1) avoiding symlinks Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Hi Ben, > Date: 2026-11-06 12:34:20-0500 > From: Ben Knoble > [...] > > Hmmm, that could work. Thanks! > >=20 > > $ git ls-files --format=3D'%(objectmode) %(path)' \ > > | grep -v ^120000 \ > > | sed 's/^.* //' \ > > | grep '\.[ch]$' \ > > | xargs grepc creat; > >=20 > > With -z it becomes a bit tedious: > >=20 > > $ git ls-files -z --format=3D'%(objectmode) %(path)' \ > > | grep -zv ^120000 \ > > | sed -z 's/^.* //' \ > > | grep -z '\.[ch]$' \ > > | xargs -0 grepc creat; >=20 > The filtering for C files can also be done by Git, I believe: >=20 > git ls-files =E2=80=A6 '*.[ch]' I prefer regexes over globs; they're more powerful, and they're hot in brain memory. :) > > But, indeed, I don't care about files with spaces often, because I don't > > create them in my stuff. > >=20 > > I expect git-ls-files(1) could make this much simpler, though: > >=20 > > $ git ls-files --type f \ > > | grep '\.[ch]$' \ > > | xargs grepc creat; >=20 > I believe the expression is =E2=80=9Cpatches [scratching your own itch ar= e] welcome=E2=80=9D ;)=20 Nice! If the idea is welcome, I can certainly work on a patch. :) Have a lovely night! 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