Add way to get only topmost untracked folders/files #996

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2. Byron commented on Mar 8, 2020

   

   Byron

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   Indeed it would be nice to have additional options to make GitPython more like 'porcelain', and less like the 'plumbing' it was intended to be.

   The recommended action is to transform the returned set of untracked files into the form that Git provides. This algorithm could potentially be donated back to GitPython, which supports it using an additional function, maybe along the line of repo.status.

   Thanks for understanding that GitPython is in maintenance mode and thus is hesitant to take on feature requests unless they are accompanied by a PR implementing them.

   Please feel free to comment on the closed issue if there are any follow-up questions.
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4. BeayemX commented on Mar 8, 2020

   

   BeayemX

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   Hello, thanks for the response.

   For the time being I Implemented a workaround that calls git directly.
   I am not sure if this is useful for you, but here is the code:

   import subprocess
   command = ["git", "ls-files", "--others", "--directory", "--exclude-standard", "--no-empty-directory"]
   process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
   untracked_files_and_folders = [u.decode().strip() for u in process.stdout]
   

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