Can I get a list of files marked --assume-unchanged?

Question

What have I marked as --assume-unchanged? Is there any way to find out what I've tucked away using that option?

I've dug through the .git/ directory and don't see anything that looks like what I'd expect, but it must be somewhere. I've forgotten what I marked this way a few weeks ago and now I need to document those details for future developers.

Answer 1

You can use git ls-files -v. If the character printed is lower-case, the file is marked assume-unchanged.

To print just the files that are unchanged use:

git ls-files -v | grep '^[[:lower:]]' 

To embrace your lazy programmer, turn this into a git alias. Edit your .gitconfig file to add this snippet:

[alias]     ignored = !git ls-files -v | grep "^[[:lower:]]" 

Now typing git ignored will give you output like this:

h path/to/ignored.file h another/ignored.file 

Answer 2

One Liner

git ls-files -v | grep "^[a-z]" 

Use Aliases

IMHO, git hidden is better for files marked as --assume-unchanged:

git config --global alias.hidden '!git ls-files -v | grep "^[a-z]"' 

Here's a list of related aliases I have in ~/.gitconfig:

[alias]   hide = update-index --assume-unchanged   unhide = update-index --no-assume-unchanged   unhide-all = update-index --really-refresh   hidden = !git ls-files -v | grep \"^[a-z]\"   ignored = !git status -s --ignored | grep \"^!!\" 

To make it work in subdirectories and support arguments:

  hidden = "!f(){ git -C \"$GIT_PREFIX\" ls-files -v \"$@\" | grep \"^[a-z]\";}; f"   ignored = "!f(){ git -C \"$GIT_PREFIX\" status -s --ignored \"$@\" | grep \"^!!\";}; f" 

For example:

 # cd target  # git ignored classes 

About File Status

For me most hidden files are marked with flag h, though there're actually several other flags according to the manual of git-ls-files-v:

-v     Similar to -t, but use lowercase letters for files that are  marked as assume unchanged (see git-update-index(1)). 

About git ls-files-t:

This option (-t) identifies the file status with the following tags  (followed by a space) at the start of each line:  H   cached S   skip-worktree M   unmerged R   removed/deleted C   modified/changed K   to be killed ?   other