6 git-status - Show the working tree status
12 'git status' [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...]
16 Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the
17 current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working
18 tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not
19 tracked by git (and are not ignored by linkgit:gitignore[5]). The first
20 are what you _would_ commit by running `git commit`; the second and
21 third are what you _could_ commit by running 'git add' before running
29 Give the output in the short-format.
33 Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
36 Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts.
37 This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable
38 across git versions and regardless of user configuration. See
42 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
45 The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
46 specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the
47 default is 'normal', i.e. show untracked files and directories.
49 The possible options are:
51 - 'no' - Show no untracked files
52 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
53 - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
55 The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
56 configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
58 --ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
59 Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
60 either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default.
61 Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
62 untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
63 in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
64 'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
65 "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
66 contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
67 content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
68 only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
69 the behavior before 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules
70 (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
71 `status.submodulesummary` is set).
74 Show ignored files as well.
77 Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
78 the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
83 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
84 template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
85 The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
86 verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject to change
89 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are
90 made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
91 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
92 the status.relativePaths config option below.
97 In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
101 where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` \-> PATH2` part is
102 shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
103 index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter
106 The fields (including the `\->`) are separated from each other by a
107 single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
108 characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
109 literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
110 interior special characters backslash-escaped.
112 For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and 'Y' show the modification
113 states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge
114 conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status
115 of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status
116 codes can be interpreted as follows:
124 * 'U' = updated but unmerged
126 Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect,
127 in which case `XY` are `!!`.
130 -------------------------------------------------
132 M [ MD] updated in index
133 A [ MD] added to index
134 D [ M] deleted from index
135 R [ MD] renamed in index
136 C [ MD] copied in index
137 [MARC] index and work tree matches
138 [ MARC] M work tree changed since index
139 [ MARC] D deleted in work tree
140 -------------------------------------------------
141 D D unmerged, both deleted
142 A U unmerged, added by us
143 U D unmerged, deleted by them
144 U A unmerged, added by them
145 D U unmerged, deleted by us
146 A A unmerged, both added
147 U U unmerged, both modified
148 -------------------------------------------------
151 -------------------------------------------------
153 If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
155 ## branchname tracking info
160 The porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is guaranteed
161 not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between git versions or
162 based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for parsing by scripts.
163 The description of the short format above also describes the porcelain
164 format, with a few exceptions:
166 1. The user's color.status configuration is not respected; color will
169 2. The user's status.relativePaths configuration is not respected; paths
170 shown will always be relative to the repository root.
172 There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
173 that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
174 change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
175 order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
176 (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
177 and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
178 field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
179 characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
180 backslash-escaping is performed. Fourth, there is no branch line.
185 The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
186 mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
187 compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
188 to colorize its output.
190 If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
191 paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
194 If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
195 to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
196 the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
197 shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
205 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite