6 git-status - Show the working tree status
12 'git status' [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...]
20 Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the
21 current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working
22 tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not
23 tracked by Git (and are not ignored by linkgit:gitignore[5]). The first
24 are what you _would_ commit by running `git commit`; the second and
25 third are what you _could_ commit by running 'git add' before running
33 Give the output in the short-format.
37 Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
40 Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts.
41 This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable
42 across Git versions and regardless of user configuration. See
46 Give the output in the long-format. This is the default.
49 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
52 The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
53 specify the handling of untracked files.
55 The possible options are:
57 - 'no' - Show no untracked files.
58 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories.
59 - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
61 When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are
62 shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid
63 forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work
64 to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some
65 time in a large working tree. You can use `no` to have `git status`
66 return more quickly without showing untracked files.
68 The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
69 configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
71 --ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
72 Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
73 either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default.
74 Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
75 untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
76 in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
77 'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
78 "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
79 contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
80 content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
81 only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
82 the behavior before 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules
83 (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
84 `status.submodulesummary` is set).
87 Show ignored files as well.
90 Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
91 the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
93 --column[=<options>]::
95 Display untracked files in columns. See configuration variable
96 column.status for option syntax.`--column` and `--no-column`
97 without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never'
103 The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
104 template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
105 The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
106 verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject to change
109 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other Git commands, are
110 made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
111 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
112 the status.relativePaths config option below.
117 In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
121 where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the " `-> PATH2`" part is
122 shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
123 index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter
126 The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
127 single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
128 characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
129 literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
130 interior special characters backslash-escaped.
132 For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and 'Y' show the modification
133 states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge
134 conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status
135 of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status
136 codes can be interpreted as follows:
144 * 'U' = updated but unmerged
146 Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect,
147 in which case `XY` are `!!`.
150 -------------------------------------------------
152 M [ MD] updated in index
153 A [ MD] added to index
154 D [ M] deleted from index
155 R [ MD] renamed in index
156 C [ MD] copied in index
157 [MARC] index and work tree matches
158 [ MARC] M work tree changed since index
159 [ MARC] D deleted in work tree
160 -------------------------------------------------
161 D D unmerged, both deleted
162 A U unmerged, added by us
163 U D unmerged, deleted by them
164 U A unmerged, added by them
165 D U unmerged, deleted by us
166 A A unmerged, both added
167 U U unmerged, both modified
168 -------------------------------------------------
171 -------------------------------------------------
173 If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
175 ## branchname tracking info
180 The porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is guaranteed
181 not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between Git versions or
182 based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for parsing by scripts.
183 The description of the short format above also describes the porcelain
184 format, with a few exceptions:
186 1. The user's color.status configuration is not respected; color will
189 2. The user's status.relativePaths configuration is not respected; paths
190 shown will always be relative to the repository root.
192 There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
193 that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
194 change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
195 order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
196 (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
197 and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
198 field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
199 characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
200 backslash-escaping is performed.
205 The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
206 mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
207 compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
208 to colorize its output.
210 If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
211 paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
214 If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
215 to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
216 the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
217 shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
218 that the summary output from the status command will be suppressed for all
219 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only for those
220 submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. To also view the summary for
221 ignored submodules you can either use the --ignore-submodules=dirty command
222 line option or the 'git submodule summary' command, which shows a similar
223 output but does not honor these settings.
231 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite