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 Show the number of entries currently stashed away.
38 --porcelain[=<version>]::
39 Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts.
40 This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable
41 across Git versions and regardless of user configuration. See
44 The version parameter is used to specify the format version.
45 This is optional and defaults to the original version 'v1' format.
48 Give the output in the long-format. This is the default.
52 In addition to the names of files that have been changed, also
53 show the textual changes that are staged to be committed
54 (i.e., like the output of `git diff --cached`). If `-v` is specified
55 twice, then also show the changes in the working tree that
56 have not yet been staged (i.e., like the output of `git diff`).
59 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
63 The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of untracked files.
64 It is optional: it defaults to 'all', and if specified, it must be
65 stuck to the option (e.g. `-uno`, but not `-u no`).
67 The possible options are:
69 - 'no' - Show no untracked files.
70 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories.
71 - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
73 When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are
74 shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid
75 forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work
76 to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some
77 time in a large working tree.
78 Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see
79 `git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index
80 --split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status`
81 return more quickly without showing untracked files.
83 The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
84 configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
87 --ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
88 Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
89 either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default.
90 Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
91 untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
92 in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
93 'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
94 "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
95 contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
96 content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
97 only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
98 the behavior before 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules
99 (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
100 `status.submoduleSummary` is set).
103 Show ignored files as well.
106 The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of ignored files.
107 It is optional: it defaults to 'traditional'.
109 The possible options are:
111 - 'traditional' - Shows ignored files and directories, unless
112 --untracked-files=all is specified, in which case
113 individual files in ignored directories are
115 - 'no' - Show no ignored files.
116 - 'matching' - Shows ignored files and directories matching an
119 When 'matching' mode is specified, paths that explicitly match an
120 ignored pattern are shown. If a directory matches an ignore pattern,
121 then it is shown, but not paths contained in the ignored directory. If
122 a directory does not match an ignore pattern, but all contents are
123 ignored, then the directory is not shown, but all contents are shown.
127 Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
128 the `--porcelain=v1` output format if no other format is given.
130 --column[=<options>]::
132 Display untracked files in columns. See configuration variable
133 column.status for option syntax.`--column` and `--no-column`
134 without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never'
139 Display or do not display detailed ahead/behind counts for the
140 branch relative to its upstream branch. Defaults to true.
144 Turn on/off rename detection regardless of user configuration.
145 See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--no-renames`.
147 --find-renames[=<n>]::
148 Turn on rename detection, optionally setting the similarity
150 See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--find-renames`.
153 See the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
157 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
159 The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
160 verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject to change
163 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other Git commands, are
164 made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
165 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
166 the status.relativePaths config option below.
171 In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as one of these
177 where `ORIG_PATH` is where the renamed/copied contents came
178 from. `ORIG_PATH` is only shown when the entry is renamed or
179 copied. The `XY` is a two-letter status code.
181 The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
182 single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
183 characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
184 literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
185 interior special characters backslash-escaped.
187 For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and `Y` show the modification
188 states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge
189 conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status
190 of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status
191 codes can be interpreted as follows:
199 * 'U' = updated but unmerged
201 Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect,
202 in which case `XY` are `!!`.
206 -------------------------------------------------
208 M [ MD] updated in index
209 A [ MD] added to index
211 R [ MD] renamed in index
212 C [ MD] copied in index
213 [MARC] index and work tree matches
214 [ MARC] M work tree changed since index
215 [ MARC] D deleted in work tree
216 [ D] R renamed in work tree
217 [ D] C copied in work tree
218 -------------------------------------------------
219 D D unmerged, both deleted
220 A U unmerged, added by us
221 U D unmerged, deleted by them
222 U A unmerged, added by them
223 D U unmerged, deleted by us
224 A A unmerged, both added
225 U U unmerged, both modified
226 -------------------------------------------------
229 -------------------------------------------------
232 Submodules have more state and instead report
233 M the submodule has a different HEAD than
234 recorded in the index
235 m the submodule has modified content
236 ? the submodule has untracked files
237 since modified content or untracked files in a submodule cannot be added
238 via `git add` in the superproject to prepare a commit.
240 'm' and '?' are applied recursively. For example if a nested submodule
241 in a submodule contains an untracked file, this is reported as '?' as well.
243 If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
245 ## branchname tracking info
247 Porcelain Format Version 1
248 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
250 Version 1 porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is guaranteed
251 not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between Git versions or
252 based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for parsing by scripts.
253 The description of the short format above also describes the porcelain
254 format, with a few exceptions:
256 1. The user's color.status configuration is not respected; color will
259 2. The user's status.relativePaths configuration is not respected; paths
260 shown will always be relative to the repository root.
262 There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
263 that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
264 change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
265 order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
266 (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
267 and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
268 field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
269 characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
270 backslash-escaping is performed.
272 Any submodule changes are reported as modified `M` instead of `m` or single `?`.
274 Porcelain Format Version 2
275 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
277 Version 2 format adds more detailed information about the state of
278 the worktree and changed items. Version 2 also defines an extensible
279 set of easy to parse optional headers.
281 Header lines start with "#" and are added in response to specific
282 command line arguments. Parsers should ignore headers they
288 If `--branch` is given, a series of header lines are printed with
289 information about the current branch.
293 ------------------------------------------------------------
294 # branch.oid <commit> | (initial) Current commit.
295 # branch.head <branch> | (detached) Current branch.
296 # branch.upstream <upstream_branch> If upstream is set.
297 # branch.ab +<ahead> -<behind> If upstream is set and
298 the commit is present.
299 ------------------------------------------------------------
302 Changed Tracked Entries
303 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
305 Following the headers, a series of lines are printed for tracked
306 entries. One of three different line formats may be used to describe
307 an entry depending on the type of change. Tracked entries are printed
308 in an undefined order; parsers should allow for a mixture of the 3
309 line types in any order.
311 Ordinary changed entries have the following format:
313 1 <XY> <sub> <mH> <mI> <mW> <hH> <hI> <path>
315 Renamed or copied entries have the following format:
317 2 <XY> <sub> <mH> <mI> <mW> <hH> <hI> <X><score> <path><sep><origPath>
321 --------------------------------------------------------
322 <XY> A 2 character field containing the staged and
323 unstaged XY values described in the short format,
324 with unchanged indicated by a "." rather than
326 <sub> A 4 character field describing the submodule state.
327 "N..." when the entry is not a submodule.
328 "S<c><m><u>" when the entry is a submodule.
329 <c> is "C" if the commit changed; otherwise ".".
330 <m> is "M" if it has tracked changes; otherwise ".".
331 <u> is "U" if there are untracked changes; otherwise ".".
332 <mH> The octal file mode in HEAD.
333 <mI> The octal file mode in the index.
334 <mW> The octal file mode in the worktree.
335 <hH> The object name in HEAD.
336 <hI> The object name in the index.
337 <X><score> The rename or copy score (denoting the percentage
338 of similarity between the source and target of the
339 move or copy). For example "R100" or "C75".
340 <path> The pathname. In a renamed/copied entry, this
342 <sep> When the `-z` option is used, the 2 pathnames are separated
343 with a NUL (ASCII 0x00) byte; otherwise, a tab (ASCII 0x09)
345 <origPath> The pathname in the commit at HEAD or in the index.
346 This is only present in a renamed/copied entry, and
347 tells where the renamed/copied contents came from.
348 --------------------------------------------------------
351 Unmerged entries have the following format; the first character is
352 a "u" to distinguish from ordinary changed entries.
354 u <xy> <sub> <m1> <m2> <m3> <mW> <h1> <h2> <h3> <path>
358 --------------------------------------------------------
359 <XY> A 2 character field describing the conflict type
360 as described in the short format.
361 <sub> A 4 character field describing the submodule state
363 <m1> The octal file mode in stage 1.
364 <m2> The octal file mode in stage 2.
365 <m3> The octal file mode in stage 3.
366 <mW> The octal file mode in the worktree.
367 <h1> The object name in stage 1.
368 <h2> The object name in stage 2.
369 <h3> The object name in stage 3.
371 --------------------------------------------------------
377 Following the tracked entries (and if requested), a series of
378 lines will be printed for untracked and then ignored items
379 found in the worktree.
381 Untracked items have the following format:
385 Ignored items have the following format:
389 Pathname Format Notes and -z
390 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
392 When the `-z` option is given, pathnames are printed as is and
393 without any quoting and lines are terminated with a NUL (ASCII 0x00)
396 Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
397 quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
398 (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
404 The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
405 mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
406 compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
407 to colorize its output.
409 If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
410 paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
413 If `status.submoduleSummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
414 to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
415 the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
416 shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
417 that the summary output from the status command will be suppressed for all
418 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only for those
419 submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. To also view the summary for
420 ignored submodules you can either use the --ignore-submodules=dirty command
421 line option or the 'git submodule summary' command, which shows a similar
422 output but does not honor these settings.
427 By default, `git status` will automatically refresh the index, updating
428 the cached stat information from the working tree and writing out the
429 result. Writing out the updated index is an optimization that isn't
430 strictly necessary (`status` computes the values for itself, but writing
431 them out is just to save subsequent programs from repeating our
432 computation). When `status` is run in the background, the lock held
433 during the write may conflict with other simultaneous processes, causing
434 them to fail. Scripts running `status` in the background should consider
435 using `git --no-optional-locks status` (see linkgit:git[1] for details).
443 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite