How do I see the permission of a file in Git?

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I'd like to see the file permission as it exists in the repository index.

How can this be done?

git does actually track the executable bit – Phydeaux Sep 12 '17 at 12:02 — Phydeaux, Sep 12 '17 at 12:02

score 68 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '17 at 12:03

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Use git ls-files -s <file>:

Show staged contents' mode bits, object name and stage number in the output.

Note that Git only tracks files' executable bit. You'll only ever see 644 or 755.

answered Sep 12 '17 at 12:03

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score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '17 at 12:06

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ls-files:

Show information about files in the index and the working tree
--stage : Show staged contents' mode bits, object name and stage number in the output.

$ git ls-files --stage
100644 b5ff1408aca94e2f33b9af9299b38764c2ec0bb7 0       .editorconfig
100644 4ef3204cd0928c0460274208c40a9e63b6c58beb 0       .gitignore

File mode is the last 3 digits of the first number. (see index-format)

answered Sep 12 '17 at 12:06

zigarn

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is there a command to only see about one file and not sift through all of the files outputted by ls-files --stage – Vivek Shukla Apr 07 '20 at 00:06
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Yes, with `git ls-files --stage YOUR_FILE` as shown in the accepted answer. – zigarn Apr 07 '20 at 09:58

How do I see the permission of a file in Git?

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