/* For cached/deleted files we don't need to even do the readdir */
        if (show_others || show_killed) {
-               const char *path = ".", *base = "";
-               int baselen = prefix_len;
-
-               if (baselen)
-                       path = base = prefix;
-               read_directory(dir, path, base, baselen, pathspec);
+               fill_directory(dir, pathspec);
                if (show_others)
                        show_other_files(dir);
                if (show_killed)
                for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) {
                        struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
                        int dtype = ce_to_dtype(ce);
-                       if (excluded(dir, ce->name, &dtype) !=
-                                       !!(dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED))
+                       if (dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED &&
+                           !excluded(dir, ce->name, &dtype))
                                continue;
                        if (show_unmerged && !ce_stage(ce))
                                continue;
                        struct stat st;
                        int err;
                        int dtype = ce_to_dtype(ce);
-                       if (excluded(dir, ce->name, &dtype) !=
-                                       !!(dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED))
+                       if (dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED &&
+                           !excluded(dir, ce->name, &dtype))
                                continue;
                        if (ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE)
                                continue;
                ps_matched = xcalloc(1, num);
        }
 
-       if ((dir.flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED) && !exc_given) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "%s: --ignored needs some exclude pattern\n",
-                       argv[0]);
-               exit(1);
-       }
+       if ((dir.flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED) && !exc_given)
+               die("ls-files --ignored needs some exclude pattern");
 
        /* With no flags, we default to showing the cached files */
        if (!(show_stage | show_deleted | show_others | show_unmerged |