# git-ls-tree(1) - man - phpman

> **TLDR:** List the contents of a tree object.
>
- List the contents of the tree on a branch:
  `git ls-tree {{branch_name}}`
- List the contents of the tree on a commit, recursing into subtrees:
  `git ls-tree -r {{commit_hash}}`
- List only the filenames of the tree on a commit:
  `git ls-tree --name-only {{commit_hash}}`
- Print the filenames of the current branch head in a tree structure (Note: `tree --fromfile` is not supported on Windows):
  `git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD | tree --fromfile`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       git-ls-tree - List the contents of a tree object

## SYNOPSIS
       _git_ _ls-tree_ [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z]
                   [--name-only] [--name-status] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev[=<n>]]
                   <tree-ish> [<path>...]


## DESCRIPTION
       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.

## OPTIONS
       <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           \0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames.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.

       --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.

       [<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.

## OUTPUT FORMAT
           <mode> SP <type> SP <object> TAB <file>

       This output format is compatible with what **--index-info** **--stdin** of _git_ _update-index_ expects.

       When the **-l** option is used, format changes to

           <mode> SP <type> SP <object> SP <object size> TAB <file>

       Object size identified by <object> 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/git-config/1/markdown)). Using **-z** the filename is output
       verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte.

## GIT
       Part of the [**git**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/git/1/markdown) suite



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