Add support for listing untracked files too

[SerialVelocity]

It would be nice to be able to list untracked files in this view as well.

Use case:

• I create a new file in my repo but I haven't added it yet (I do this at the end of my workflow)
• I edit the file a bunch and save it
• I come back to emacs later and try to open it using helm-browse-project and can't find it

[thierryvolpiatto]

Ben Grabham <[email protected]> writes:

It would be nice to be able to list untracked files in this view as well. Use case: * I create a new file in my repo but I haven't added it yet (I do this at the end of my workflow) * I edit the file a bunch and save it * I come back to emacs later and try to open it using helm-browse-project and can't find it

Your untracked files should be seen in the status source unless they are matched in your .gitignore. For example, if I add foo.el in the helm directory, if I run helm-browse-project, I can see the file in the status source. HTH.

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[thierryvolpiatto]

[SerialVelocity]

Ah, sorry. The problem is a bit more complex it turns out. When you have an untracked file in folder that doesn't have any tracked files in it fails.

Try:

• mkdir some-non-existent-folder
• touch some-non-existent-folder/some-file

Now try to find that file.

[SerialVelocity]

Ah, nvm. It isn't related to helm-ls-git.

I got it working with:

git config --global status.showUntrackedFiles all

Is it possible to add something like that to the docs just so it is easier for people to figure out? (It seems to work with both vc-git and magit backends)

Also, is this all I need to switch to using the magit back-end:

(setq helm-ls-git-status-command 'magit-status-internal)

[thierryvolpiatto]

Ben Grabham <[email protected]> writes:

Ah, nvm. It isn't related to helm-ls-git. I got it working with: git config --global status.showUntrackedFiles all

I forget to mention C-c i which allow you toggling the view of tracked/untracked files from the ls-git source (doesn't affect status source).

(setq helm-ls-git-status-command 'magit-status-internal)

IIRC yes.

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[thierryvolpiatto]

Ben Grabham <[email protected]> writes:

Ah, nvm. It isn't related to helm-ls-git. I got it working with: git config --global status.showUntrackedFiles all

You don't need this, from the status buffer you see the top directory untracked, hitting C-x C-f on this directory give you access to it and its untracked files if some. Toggling with C-c i show you the path of files, not only the top dir, so RET only should give you access to these files.

Is it possible to add something like that to the docs just so it is easier for people to figure out? (It seems to work with both vc-git and magit)

C-c i is documented (C-h m to access help).

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