1GIT-STATUS(1)                     Git Manual                     GIT-STATUS(1)
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NAME

6       git-status - Show the working tree status
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SYNOPSIS

9       git status [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the
14       current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working
15       tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not
16       tracked by Git (and are not ignored by gitignore(5)). The first are
17       what you would commit by running git commit; the second and third are
18       what you could commit by running git add before running git commit.
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OPTIONS

21       -s, --short
22           Give the output in the short-format.
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24       -b, --branch
25           Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
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27       --show-stash
28           Show the number of entries currently stashed away.
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30       --porcelain[=<version>]
31           Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts. This is
32           similar to the short output, but will remain stable across Git
33           versions and regardless of user configuration. See below for
34           details.
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36           The version parameter is used to specify the format version. This
37           is optional and defaults to the original version v1 format.
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39       --long
40           Give the output in the long-format. This is the default.
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42       -v, --verbose
43           In addition to the names of files that have been changed, also show
44           the textual changes that are staged to be committed (i.e., like the
45           output of git diff --cached). If -v is specified twice, then also
46           show the changes in the working tree that have not yet been staged
47           (i.e., like the output of git diff).
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49       -u[<mode>], --untracked-files[=<mode>]
50           Show untracked files.
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52           The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of untracked
53           files. It is optional: it defaults to all, and if specified, it
54           must be stuck to the option (e.g.  -uno, but not -u no).
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56           The possible options are:
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58           ·   no - Show no untracked files.
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60           ·   normal - Shows untracked files and directories.
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62           ·   all - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
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64               When -u option is not used, untracked files and directories are
65               shown (i.e. the same as specifying normal), to help you avoid
66               forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra
67               work to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may
68               take some time in a large working tree. Consider enabling
69               untracked cache and split index if supported (see git
70               update-index --untracked-cache and git update-index
71               --split-index), Otherwise you can use no to have git status
72               return more quickly without showing untracked files.
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74               The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
75               configuration variable documented in git-config(1).
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77       --ignore-submodules[=<when>]
78           Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can
79           be either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the
80           default. Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it
81           either contains untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs
82           from the commit recorded in the superproject and can be used to
83           override any settings of the ignore option in git-config(1) or
84           gitmodules(5). When "untracked" is used submodules are not
85           considered dirty when they only contain untracked content (but they
86           are still scanned for modified content). Using "dirty" ignores all
87           changes to the work tree of submodules, only changes to the commits
88           stored in the superproject are shown (this was the behavior before
89           1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules (and suppresses
90           the output of submodule summaries when the config option
91           status.submoduleSummary is set).
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93       --ignored[=<mode>]
94           Show ignored files as well.
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96           The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of ignored
97           files. It is optional: it defaults to traditional.
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99           The possible options are:
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101           ·   traditional - Shows ignored files and directories, unless
102               --untracked-files=all is specified, in which case individual
103               files in ignored directories are displayed.
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105           ·   no - Show no ignored files.
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107           ·   matching - Shows ignored files and directories matching an
108               ignore pattern.
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110               When matching mode is specified, paths that explicitly match an
111               ignored pattern are shown. If a directory matches an ignore
112               pattern, then it is shown, but not paths contained in the
113               ignored directory. If a directory does not match an ignore
114               pattern, but all contents are ignored, then the directory is
115               not shown, but all contents are shown.
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117       -z
118           Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies the
119           --porcelain=v1 output format if no other format is given.
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121       --column[=<options>], --no-column
122           Display untracked files in columns. See configuration variable
123           column.status for option syntax.--column and --no-column without
124           options are equivalent to always and never respectively.
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126       --ahead-behind, --no-ahead-behind
127           Display or do not display detailed ahead/behind counts for the
128           branch relative to its upstream branch. Defaults to true.
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130       --renames, --no-renames
131           Turn on/off rename detection regardless of user configuration. See
132           also git-diff(1) --no-renames.
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134       --find-renames[=<n>]
135           Turn on rename detection, optionally setting the similarity
136           threshold. See also git-diff(1) --find-renames.
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138       <pathspec>...
139           See the pathspec entry in gitglossary(7).
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OUTPUT

142       The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
143       template comment. The default, long format, is designed to be human
144       readable, verbose and descriptive. Its contents and format are subject
145       to change at any time.
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147       The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other Git commands, are
148       made relative to the current directory if you are working in a
149       subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See the
150       status.relativePaths config option below.
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152   Short Format
153       In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as one of these
154       forms
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156           XY PATH
157           XY ORIG_PATH -> PATH
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159       where ORIG_PATH is where the renamed/copied contents came from.
160       ORIG_PATH is only shown when the entry is renamed or copied. The XY is
161       a two-letter status code.
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163       The fields (including the ->) are separated from each other by a single
164       space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
165       characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
166       literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
167       interior special characters backslash-escaped.
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169       For paths with merge conflicts, X and Y show the modification states of
170       each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge conflicts, X
171       shows the status of the index, and Y shows the status of the work tree.
172       For untracked paths, XY are ??. Other status codes can be interpreted
173       as follows:
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175       ·   ' ' = unmodified
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177       ·   M = modified
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179       ·   A = added
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181       ·   D = deleted
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183       ·   R = renamed
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185       ·   C = copied
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187       ·   U = updated but unmerged
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189       Ignored files are not listed, unless --ignored option is in effect, in
190       which case XY are !!.
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192           X          Y     Meaning
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194                    [AMD]   not updated
195           M        [ MD]   updated in index
196           A        [ MD]   added to index
197           D                deleted from index
198           R        [ MD]   renamed in index
199           C        [ MD]   copied in index
200           [MARC]           index and work tree matches
201           [ MARC]     M    work tree changed since index
202           [ MARC]     D    deleted in work tree
203           [ D]        R    renamed in work tree
204           [ D]        C    copied in work tree
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206           D           D    unmerged, both deleted
207           A           U    unmerged, added by us
208           U           D    unmerged, deleted by them
209           U           A    unmerged, added by them
210           D           U    unmerged, deleted by us
211           A           A    unmerged, both added
212           U           U    unmerged, both modified
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214           ?           ?    untracked
215           !           !    ignored
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218       Submodules have more state and instead report M the submodule has a
219       different HEAD than recorded in the index m the submodule has modified
220       content ? the submodule has untracked files since modified content or
221       untracked files in a submodule cannot be added via git add in the
222       superproject to prepare a commit.
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224       m and ? are applied recursively. For example if a nested submodule in a
225       submodule contains an untracked file, this is reported as ? as well.
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227       If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
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229           ## branchname tracking info
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231   Porcelain Format Version 1
232       Version 1 porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is
233       guaranteed not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between Git
234       versions or based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for
235       parsing by scripts. The description of the short format above also
236       describes the porcelain format, with a few exceptions:
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238        1. The user’s color.status configuration is not respected; color will
239           always be off.
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241        2. The user’s status.relativePaths configuration is not respected;
242           paths shown will always be relative to the repository root.
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244       There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing.
245       In that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
246       change. First, the -> is omitted from rename entries and the field
247       order is reversed (e.g from -> to becomes to from). Second, a NUL
248       (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
249       and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
250       field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
251       characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
252       backslash-escaping is performed.
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254       Any submodule changes are reported as modified M instead of m or single
255       ?.
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257   Porcelain Format Version 2
258       Version 2 format adds more detailed information about the state of the
259       worktree and changed items. Version 2 also defines an extensible set of
260       easy to parse optional headers.
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262       Header lines start with "#" and are added in response to specific
263       command line arguments. Parsers should ignore headers they don’t
264       recognize.
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266       # Branch Headers
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268       If --branch is given, a series of header lines are printed with
269       information about the current branch.
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271           Line                                     Notes
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273           # branch.oid <commit> | (initial)        Current commit.
274           # branch.head <branch> | (detached)      Current branch.
275           # branch.upstream <upstream_branch>      If upstream is set.
276           # branch.ab +<ahead> -<behind>           If upstream is set and
277                                                    the commit is present.
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280       # Changed Tracked Entries
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282       Following the headers, a series of lines are printed for tracked
283       entries. One of three different line formats may be used to describe an
284       entry depending on the type of change. Tracked entries are printed in
285       an undefined order; parsers should allow for a mixture of the 3 line
286       types in any order.
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288       Ordinary changed entries have the following format:
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290           1 <XY> <sub> <mH> <mI> <mW> <hH> <hI> <path>
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292       Renamed or copied entries have the following format:
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294           2 <XY> <sub> <mH> <mI> <mW> <hH> <hI> <X><score> <path><sep><origPath>
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296           Field       Meaning
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298           <XY>        A 2 character field containing the staged and
299                       unstaged XY values described in the short format,
300                       with unchanged indicated by a "." rather than
301                       a space.
302           <sub>       A 4 character field describing the submodule state.
303                       "N..." when the entry is not a submodule.
304                       "S<c><m><u>" when the entry is a submodule.
305                       <c> is "C" if the commit changed; otherwise ".".
306                       <m> is "M" if it has tracked changes; otherwise ".".
307                       <u> is "U" if there are untracked changes; otherwise ".".
308           <mH>        The octal file mode in HEAD.
309           <mI>        The octal file mode in the index.
310           <mW>        The octal file mode in the worktree.
311           <hH>        The object name in HEAD.
312           <hI>        The object name in the index.
313           <X><score>  The rename or copy score (denoting the percentage
314                       of similarity between the source and target of the
315                       move or copy). For example "R100" or "C75".
316           <path>      The pathname.  In a renamed/copied entry, this
317                       is the target path.
318           <sep>       When the `-z` option is used, the 2 pathnames are separated
319                       with a NUL (ASCII 0x00) byte; otherwise, a tab (ASCII 0x09)
320                       byte separates them.
321           <origPath>  The pathname in the commit at HEAD or in the index.
322                       This is only present in a renamed/copied entry, and
323                       tells where the renamed/copied contents came from.
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326       Unmerged entries have the following format; the first character is a
327       "u" to distinguish from ordinary changed entries.
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329           u <xy> <sub> <m1> <m2> <m3> <mW> <h1> <h2> <h3> <path>
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331           Field       Meaning
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333           <XY>        A 2 character field describing the conflict type
334                       as described in the short format.
335           <sub>       A 4 character field describing the submodule state
336                       as described above.
337           <m1>        The octal file mode in stage 1.
338           <m2>        The octal file mode in stage 2.
339           <m3>        The octal file mode in stage 3.
340           <mW>        The octal file mode in the worktree.
341           <h1>        The object name in stage 1.
342           <h2>        The object name in stage 2.
343           <h3>        The object name in stage 3.
344           <path>      The pathname.
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347       # Other Items
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349       Following the tracked entries (and if requested), a series of lines
350       will be printed for untracked and then ignored items found in the
351       worktree.
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353       Untracked items have the following format:
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355           ? <path>
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357       Ignored items have the following format:
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359           ! <path>
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361       # Pathname Format Notes and -z
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363       When the -z option is given, pathnames are printed as is and without
364       any quoting and lines are terminated with a NUL (ASCII 0x00) byte.
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366       Without the -z option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted
367       as explained for the configuration variable core.quotePath (see git-
368       config(1)).
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CONFIGURATION

371       The command honors color.status (or status.color — they mean the same
372       thing and the latter is kept for backward compatibility) and
373       color.status.<slot> configuration variables to colorize its output.
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375       If the config variable status.relativePaths is set to false, then all
376       paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
377       directory.
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379       If status.submoduleSummary is set to a non zero number or true
380       (identical to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be
381       enabled for the long format and a summary of commits for modified
382       submodules will be shown (see --summary-limit option of git-
383       submodule(1)). Please note that the summary output from the status
384       command will be suppressed for all submodules when
385       diff.ignoreSubmodules is set to all or only for those submodules where
386       submodule.<name>.ignore=all. To also view the summary for ignored
387       submodules you can either use the --ignore-submodules=dirty command
388       line option or the git submodule summary command, which shows a similar
389       output but does not honor these settings.
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BACKGROUND REFRESH

392       By default, git status will automatically refresh the index, updating
393       the cached stat information from the working tree and writing out the
394       result. Writing out the updated index is an optimization that isn’t
395       strictly necessary (status computes the values for itself, but writing
396       them out is just to save subsequent programs from repeating our
397       computation). When status is run in the background, the lock held
398       during the write may conflict with other simultaneous processes,
399       causing them to fail. Scripts running status in the background should
400       consider using git --no-optional-locks status (see git(1) for details).
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SEE ALSO

403       gitignore(5)
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GIT

406       Part of the git(1) suite
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