6 git-status - Show the working tree status
11 'git status' [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...]
15 Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the
16 current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working
17 tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not
18 tracked by git (and are not ignored by linkgit:gitignore[5]). The first
19 are what you _would_ commit by running `git commit`; the second and
20 third are what you _could_ commit by running 'git add' before running
28 Give the output in the short-format.
31 Give the output in a stable, easy-to-parse format for scripts.
32 Currently this is identical to --short output, but is guaranteed
33 not to change in the future, making it safe for scripts.
36 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
37 Show untracked files (Default: 'all').
39 The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify
40 the handling of untracked files. The possible options are:
43 - 'no' - Show no untracked files
44 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
45 - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
48 See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable
49 used to change the default for when the option is not
53 Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
54 the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
59 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
60 template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
61 The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
62 verbose and descriptive. They are subject to change in any time.
64 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are
65 made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
66 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
67 the status.relativePaths config option below.
69 In short-format, the status of each path is shown as
73 where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and ` -> PATH2` part is
74 shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
75 index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter
78 The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
79 single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
80 characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
81 literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
82 interior special characters backslash-escaped.
84 For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and 'Y' show the modification
85 states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge
86 conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status
87 of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status
88 codes can be interpreted as follows:
96 * 'U' = updated but unmerged
98 Ignored files are not listed.
101 -------------------------------------------------
103 M [ MD] updated in index
104 A [ MD] added to index
105 D [ M] deleted from index
106 R [ MD] renamed in index
107 C [ MD] copied in index
108 [MARC] index and work tree matches
109 [ MARC] M work tree changed since index
110 [ MARC] D deleted in work tree
111 -------------------------------------------------
112 D D unmerged, both deleted
113 A U unmerged, added by us
114 U D unmerged, deleted by them
115 U A unmerged, added by them
116 D U unmerged, deleted by us
117 A A unmerged, both added
118 U U unmerged, both modified
119 -------------------------------------------------
121 -------------------------------------------------
123 There is an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
124 that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
125 change. First, the '->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
126 order is reversed (e.g 'from -> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
127 (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
128 and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
129 field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
130 characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
131 backslash-escaping is performed.
136 The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
137 mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
138 compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
139 to colorize its output.
141 If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
142 paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
145 If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
146 to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
147 the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
148 shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
156 Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
160 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
164 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite