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.
32 Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
35 Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts.
36 This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable
37 across git versions and regardless of user configuration. See
41 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
44 The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
45 specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the
46 default is 'normal', i.e. show untracked files and directories.
48 The possible options are:
50 - 'no' - Show no untracked files
51 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
52 - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
54 The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
55 configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
57 --ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
58 Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
59 either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default.
60 Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
61 untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
62 in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
63 'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
64 "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
65 contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
66 content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
67 only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
68 the behavior before 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules
69 (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
70 `status.submodulesummary` is set).
73 Show ignored files as well.
76 Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
77 the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
82 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
83 template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
84 The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
85 verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject to change
88 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are
89 made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
90 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
91 the status.relativePaths config option below.
96 In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
100 where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` \-> PATH2` part is
101 shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
102 index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter
105 The fields (including the `\->`) are separated from each other by a
106 single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
107 characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
108 literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
109 interior special characters backslash-escaped.
111 For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and 'Y' show the modification
112 states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge
113 conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status
114 of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status
115 codes can be interpreted as follows:
123 * 'U' = updated but unmerged
125 Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect,
126 in which case `XY` are `!!`.
129 -------------------------------------------------
131 M [ MD] updated in index
132 A [ MD] added to index
133 D [ M] deleted from index
134 R [ MD] renamed in index
135 C [ MD] copied in index
136 [MARC] index and work tree matches
137 [ MARC] M work tree changed since index
138 [ MARC] D deleted in work tree
139 -------------------------------------------------
140 D D unmerged, both deleted
141 A U unmerged, added by us
142 U D unmerged, deleted by them
143 U A unmerged, added by them
144 D U unmerged, deleted by us
145 A A unmerged, both added
146 U U unmerged, both modified
147 -------------------------------------------------
150 -------------------------------------------------
152 If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
154 ## branchname tracking info
159 The porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is guaranteed
160 not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between git versions or
161 based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for parsing by scripts.
162 The description of the short format above also describes the porcelain
163 format, with a few exceptions:
165 1. The user's color.status configuration is not respected; color will
168 2. The user's status.relativePaths configuration is not respected; paths
169 shown will always be relative to the repository root.
171 There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
172 that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
173 change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
174 order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
175 (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
176 and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
177 field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
178 characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
179 backslash-escaping is performed. Fourth, there is no branch line.
184 The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
185 mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
186 compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
187 to colorize its output.
189 If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
190 paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
193 If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
194 to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
195 the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
196 shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
204 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite