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git-status - Show the working tree status
git status [<options>] [--] [<pathspec>...]
Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not tracked by Git (and are not ignored by gitignore(5)). The first are what you would commit by running git commit; the second and third are what you could commit by running git add before running git commit.
-s, --short
-b, --branch
--show-stash
--porcelain[=<version>]
The version parameter is used to specify the format version. This is optional and defaults to the original version v1 format.
--long
-v, --verbose
-u[<mode>], --untracked-files[=<mode>]
The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of untracked files. It is optional: it defaults to all, and if specified, it must be stuck to the option (e.g. -uno, but not -u no).
The possible options are:
When -u option is not used, untracked files and directories are shown (i.e. the same as specifying normal), to help you avoid forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some time in a large working tree. Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see git update-index --untracked-cache and git update-index --split-index), Otherwise you can use no to have git status return more quickly without showing untracked files. All usual spellings for Boolean value true are taken as normal and false as no.
The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles configuration variable documented in git-config(1).
--ignore-submodules[=<when>]
--ignored[=<mode>]
The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of ignored files. It is optional: it defaults to traditional.
The possible options are:
When matching mode is specified, paths that explicitly match an ignored pattern are shown. If a directory matches an ignore pattern, then it is shown, but not paths contained in the ignored directory. If a directory does not match an ignore pattern, but all contents are ignored, then the directory is not shown, but all contents are shown.
-z
--column[=<options>], --no-column
--ahead-behind, --no-ahead-behind
--renames, --no-renames
--find-renames[=<n>]
<pathspec>...
The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit template comment. The default, long format, is designed to be human readable, verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject to change at any time.
The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other Git commands, are made relative to the current directory if you are working in a subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See the status.relativePaths config option below.
In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as one of these forms
XY PATH XY ORIG_PATH -> PATH
where ORIG_PATH is where the renamed/copied contents came from. ORIG_PATH is only shown when the entry is renamed or copied. The XY is a two-letter status code.
The fields (including the ->) are separated from each other by a single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with interior special characters backslash-escaped.
There are three different types of states that are shown using this format, and each one uses the XY syntax differently:
Note that the term merge here also includes rebases using the default --merge strategy, cherry-picks, and anything else using the merge machinery.
In the following table, these three classes are shown in separate sections, and these characters are used for X and Y fields for the first two sections that show tracked paths:
X Y Meaning -------------------------------------------------
[AMD] not updated M [ MTD] updated in index T [ MTD] type changed in index A [ MTD] added to index D deleted from index R [ MTD] renamed in index C [ MTD] copied in index [MTARC] index and work tree matches [ MTARC] M work tree changed since index [ MTARC] T type changed in work tree since index [ MTARC] D deleted in work tree
R renamed in work tree
C copied in work tree ------------------------------------------------- D D unmerged, both deleted A U unmerged, added by us U D unmerged, deleted by them U A unmerged, added by them D U unmerged, deleted by us A A unmerged, both added U U unmerged, both modified ------------------------------------------------- ? ? untracked ! ! ignored -------------------------------------------------
Submodules have more state and instead report
This is since modified content or untracked files in a submodule cannot be added via git add in the superproject to prepare a commit.
m and ? are applied recursively. For example if a nested submodule in a submodule contains an untracked file, this is reported as ? as well.
If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
## branchname tracking info
Version 1 porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is guaranteed not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between Git versions or based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for parsing by scripts. The description of the short format above also describes the porcelain format, with a few exceptions:
There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In that format, the status field is the same, but some other things change. First, the -> is omitted from rename entries and the field order is reversed (e.g from -> to becomes to from). Second, a NUL (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or backslash-escaping is performed.
Any submodule changes are reported as modified M instead of m or single ?.
Version 2 format adds more detailed information about the state of the worktree and changed items. Version 2 also defines an extensible set of easy to parse optional headers.
Header lines start with "#" and are added in response to specific command line arguments. Parsers should ignore hea