How to get json list of files in git repository?

Question

i want to get a list of files from my git repo in JSON format. Have you got any ideas how to do this?

Possible duplicate of [Use Javascript to get the list of a user's Github repositories](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11850527/use-javascript-to-get-the-list-of-a-users-github-repositories) — Dez, Oct 14 '16 at 12:03
Possible duplicate of [Get all file names from a Github repo through the Github API](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25022016/get-all-file-names-from-a-github-repo-through-the-github-api) — cassiomolin, Oct 14 '16 at 12:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '17 at 18:52

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Not exactly sure what you're looking for but

$ git ls-files | jq -MRn '[inputs]'

will generate a JSON array with whatever git ls-files returns e.g.

[
  ".gitignore",
  ".gitmodules",
  ".travis.yml",
  "AUTHORS",
  "COPYING",
  "ChangeLog",
  "Dockerfile"
]

answered Sep 08 '17 at 18:52

jq170727

To correctly handle filenames which contain newlines: `git ls-files -z | jq -Rs 'split("\u0000")'`. – chocolateboy May 29 '18 at 19:56

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