git-ls-tree

List tree contents

$ git ls-tree HEAD

$ git ls-tree -r HEAD

$ git ls-tree --name-only HEAD

$ git ls-tree HEAD [src/]

$ git ls-tree -l HEAD

git ls-tree [options] tree-ish [path]

git ls-tree lists the contents of a tree object, showing file names, modes, types, and object hashes for a specific commit's directory structure. It provides a snapshot of the repository's file layout at any given commit.
The command is useful for scripting and understanding how Git stores directory contents internally. Recursive mode (`-r`) shows all files across all subdirectories, while `--name-only` provides clean output suitable for piping to other commands.

TREE-ISH

Tree or commit to list.

Limit to path.

Recurse into subtrees.

Show only trees.

Show only names.

Show names and status.

Show object sizes.

Abbreviate hashes.

Display help information.

Shows tree at specific commit. Plumbing command for scripts. Output format is machine-readable.

git ls-tree is a core Git plumbing command for examining tree objects, part of git's low-level interface.

git-ls-files(1), git-ls-remote(1), git-show(1)