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 Give the output in the long-format. This is the default.
46 In addition to the names of files that have been changed, also
47 show the textual changes that are staged to be committed
48 (i.e., like the output of `git diff --cached`). If `-v` is specified
49 twice, then also show the changes in the working tree that
50 have not yet been staged (i.e., like the output of `git diff`).
53 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
56 The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of untracked files.
57 It is optional: it defaults to 'all', and if specified, it must be
58 stuck to the option (e.g. `-uno`, but not `-u no`).
60 The possible options are:
62 - 'no' - Show no untracked files.
63 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories.
64 - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
66 When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are
67 shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid
68 forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work
69 to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some
70 time in a large working tree.
71 Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see
72 `git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index
73 --split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status`
74 return more quickly without showing untracked files.
76 The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
77 configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
79 --ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
80 Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
81 either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default.
82 Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
83 untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
84 in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
85 'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
86 "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
87 contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
88 content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
89 only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
90 the behavior before 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules
91 (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
92 `status.submoduleSummary` is set).
95 Show ignored files as well.
98 Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
99 the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
101 --column[=<options>]::
103 Display untracked files in columns. See configuration variable
104 column.status for option syntax.`--column` and `--no-column`
105 without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never'
111 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
113 The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
114 verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject to change
117 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other Git commands, are
118 made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
119 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
120 the status.relativePaths config option below.
125 In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
129 where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the " `-> PATH2`" part is
130 shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
131 index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The `XY` is a two-letter
134 The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
135 single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
136 characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
137 literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
138 interior special characters backslash-escaped.
140 For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and `Y` show the modification
141 states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge
142 conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status
143 of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status
144 codes can be interpreted as follows:
152 * 'U' = updated but unmerged
154 Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect,
155 in which case `XY` are `!!`.
158 -------------------------------------------------
160 M [ MD] updated in index
161 A [ MD] added to index
162 D [ M] deleted from index
163 R [ MD] renamed in index
164 C [ MD] copied in index
165 [MARC] index and work tree matches
166 [ MARC] M work tree changed since index
167 [ MARC] D deleted in work tree
168 -------------------------------------------------
169 D D unmerged, both deleted
170 A U unmerged, added by us
171 U D unmerged, deleted by them
172 U A unmerged, added by them
173 D U unmerged, deleted by us
174 A A unmerged, both added
175 U U unmerged, both modified
176 -------------------------------------------------
179 -------------------------------------------------
181 If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
183 ## branchname tracking info
188 The porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is guaranteed
189 not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between Git versions or
190 based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for parsing by scripts.
191 The description of the short format above also describes the porcelain
192 format, with a few exceptions:
194 1. The user's color.status configuration is not respected; color will
197 2. The user's status.relativePaths configuration is not respected; paths
198 shown will always be relative to the repository root.
200 There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
201 that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
202 change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
203 order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
204 (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
205 and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
206 field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
207 characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
208 backslash-escaping is performed.
213 The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
214 mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
215 compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
216 to colorize its output.
218 If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
219 paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
222 If `status.submoduleSummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
223 to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
224 the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
225 shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
226 that the summary output from the status command will be suppressed for all
227 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only for those
228 submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. To also view the summary for
229 ignored submodules you can either use the --ignore-submodules=dirty command
230 line option or the 'git submodule summary' command, which shows a similar
231 output but does not honor these settings.
239 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite