git: list new files only

Question

When I do a git status I get a list of files prefixed with new file: . How can I get only this list? I want to process this files in a simple loop

Answer 1

Instead of parsing the output of "git status", it is probably more elegant to use

git ls-files -o  --exclude-standard

As with git status, ls-files will produce output relative to your currrent working directory.

You may wish to include the --full-name option:

git ls-files -o  --exclude-standard --full-name