To list untracked files try:
git ls-files --others --exclude-standard
If you need to pipe the output to xargs
, it is wise to mind white spaces using git ls-files -z
and xargs -0
:
git ls-files -z -o --exclude-standard | xargs -0 git add
Nice alias for adding untracked files:
au = !git add $(git ls-files -o --exclude-standard)
Edit: For reference: git-ls-files