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git-status(1)
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=============
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NAME
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----
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git-status - Show the working tree status
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git status' [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the
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current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working
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tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not
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tracked by git (and are not ignored by linkgit:gitignore[5]). The first
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are what you _would_ commit by running `git commit`; the second and
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third are what you _could_ commit by running 'git add' before running
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`git commit`.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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-s::
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--short::
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Give the output in the short-format.
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-b::
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--branch::
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Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
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--porcelain::
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Give the output in a stable, easy-to-parse format for scripts.
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Currently this is identical to --short output, but is guaranteed
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not to change in the future, making it safe for scripts.
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-u[<mode>]::
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--untracked-files[=<mode>]::
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Show untracked files.
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+
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The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
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specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the
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default is 'normal', i.e. show untracked files and directories.
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+
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The possible options are:
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- 'no' - Show no untracked files
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- 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
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- 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
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+
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The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
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configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
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--ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
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Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
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either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default.
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Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
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untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
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in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
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'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
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"untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
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contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
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content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
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only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
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the behavior before 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules
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(and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
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`status.submodulesummary` is set).
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-z::
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Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
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the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
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OUTPUT
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------
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The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
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template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
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The default, long format, is designed to be human readable,
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verbose and descriptive. They are subject to change in any time.
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The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are
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made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
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subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
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the status.relativePaths config option below.
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In short-format, the status of each path is shown as
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XY PATH1 -> PATH2
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where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and ` -> PATH2` part is
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shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
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index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter
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status code.
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The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
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single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
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characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
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literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
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interior special characters backslash-escaped.
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For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and 'Y' show the modification
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states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge
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conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status
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of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status
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codes can be interpreted as follows:
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* ' ' = unmodified
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* 'M' = modified
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* 'A' = added
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* 'D' = deleted
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* 'R' = renamed
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* 'C' = copied
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* 'U' = updated but unmerged
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Ignored files are not listed.
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X Y Meaning
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[MD] not updated
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M [ MD] updated in index
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A [ MD] added to index
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D [ M] deleted from index
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R [ MD] renamed in index
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C [ MD] copied in index
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[MARC] index and work tree matches
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[ MARC] M work tree changed since index
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[ MARC] D deleted in work tree
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D D unmerged, both deleted
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A U unmerged, added by us
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U D unmerged, deleted by them
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U A unmerged, added by them
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D U unmerged, deleted by us
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A A unmerged, both added
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U U unmerged, both modified
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? ? untracked
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If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
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## branchname tracking info
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There is an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
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that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
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change. First, the '->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
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order is reversed (e.g 'from -> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
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(ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
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and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
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field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
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characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
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backslash-escaping is performed. Fourth, there is no branch line.
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CONFIGURATION
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The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
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mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
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compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
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to colorize its output.
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If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all
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paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
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directory.
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If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
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to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
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the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
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shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:gitignore[5]
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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