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 optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
57 specify the handling of untracked files.
59 The possible options are:
61 - 'no' - Show no untracked files.
62 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories.
63 - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
65 When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are
66 shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid
67 forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work
68 to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some
69 time in a large working tree.
70 Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see
71 `git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index
72 --split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status`
73 return more quickly without showing untracked files.
75 The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
76 configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
78 --ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
79 Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
80 either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default.
81 Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
82 untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
83 in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
84 'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
85 "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
86 contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
87 content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
88 only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
89 the behavior before 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules
90 (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
91 `status.submoduleSummary` is set).
94 Show ignored files as well.
97 Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
98 the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
100 --column[=<options>]::
102 Display untracked files in columns. See configuration variable
103 column.status for option syntax.`--column` and `--no-column`
104 without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never'
110 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
112 The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
113 verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject to change
116 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other Git commands, are
117 made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
118 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
119 the status.relativePaths config option below.
124 In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
128 where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the " `-> PATH2`" part is
129 shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
130 index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The `XY` is a two-letter
133 The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
134 single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
135 characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
136 literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
137 interior special characters backslash-escaped.
139 For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and `Y` show the modification
140 states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge
141 conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status
142 of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status
143 codes can be interpreted as follows:
151 * 'U' = updated but unmerged
153 Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect,
154 in which case `XY` are `!!`.
157 -------------------------------------------------
159 M [ MD] updated in index
160 A [ MD] added to index
161 D [ M] deleted from index
162 R [ MD] renamed in index
163 C [ MD] copied in index
164 [MARC] index and work tree matches
165 [ MARC] M work tree changed since index
166 [ MARC] D deleted in work tree
167 -------------------------------------------------
168 D D unmerged, both deleted
169 A U unmerged, added by us
170 U D unmerged, deleted by them
171 U A unmerged, added by them
172 D U unmerged, deleted by us
173 A A unmerged, both added
174 U U unmerged, both modified
175 -------------------------------------------------
178 -------------------------------------------------
180 If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
182 ## branchname tracking info
187 The porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is guaranteed
188 not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between Git versions or
189 based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for parsing by scripts.
190 The description of the short format above also describes the porcelain
191 format, with a few exceptions:
193 1. The user's color.status configuration is not respected; color will
196 2. The user's status.relativePaths configuration is not respected; paths
197 shown will always be relative to the repository root.
199 There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
200 that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
201 change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
202 order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
203 (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
204 and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
205 field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
206 characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
207 backslash-escaping is performed.
212 The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
213 mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
214 compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
215 to colorize its output.
217 If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
218 paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
221 If `status.submoduleSummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
222 to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
223 the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
224 shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
225 that the summary output from the status command will be suppressed for all
226 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only for those
227 submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. To also view the summary for
228 ignored submodules you can either use the --ignore-submodules=dirty command
229 line option or the 'git submodule summary' command, which shows a similar
230 output but does not honor these settings.
238 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite