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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dae190a5f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +git-status(1) +============= + +NAME +---- +git-status - Show the working tree status + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git status' [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the +current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working +tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not +tracked by git (and are not ignored by linkgit:gitignore[5]). The first +are what you _would_ commit by running `git commit`; the second and +third are what you _could_ commit by running 'git add' before running +`git commit`. + +OPTIONS +------- + +-s:: +--short:: + Give the output in the short-format. + +-b:: +--branch:: + Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format. + +--porcelain:: + Give the output in a stable, easy-to-parse format for scripts. + Currently this is identical to --short output, but is guaranteed + not to change in the future, making it safe for scripts. + +-u[<mode>]:: +--untracked-files[=<mode>]:: + Show untracked files (Default: 'all'). ++ +The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify +the handling of untracked files. The possible options are: ++ +-- + - 'no' - Show no untracked files + - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories + - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories. +-- ++ +See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable +used to change the default for when the option is not +specified. + +--ignore-submodules[=<when>]:: + Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be + either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default. + Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains + untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded + in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the + 'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When + "untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only + contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified + content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules, + only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was + the behavior before 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules + (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option + `status.submodulesummary` is set). + +-z:: + Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies + the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given. + + +OUTPUT +------ +The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit +template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'. +The default, long format, is designed to be human readable, +verbose and descriptive. They are subject to change in any time. + +The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are +made relative to the current directory if you are working in a +subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See +the status.relativePaths config option below. + +In short-format, the status of each path is shown as + + XY PATH1 -> PATH2 + +where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and ` -> PATH2` part is +shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the +index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter +status code. + +The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a +single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable +characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string +literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with +interior special characters backslash-escaped. + +For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and 'Y' show the modification +states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge +conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status +of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status +codes can be interpreted as follows: + +* ' ' = unmodified +* 'M' = modified +* 'A' = added +* 'D' = deleted +* 'R' = renamed +* 'C' = copied +* 'U' = updated but unmerged + +Ignored files are not listed. + + X Y Meaning + ------------------------------------------------- + [MD] not updated + M [ MD] updated in index + A [ MD] added to index + D [ M] deleted from index + R [ MD] renamed in index + C [ MD] copied in index + [MARC] index and work tree matches + [ MARC] M work tree changed since index + [ MARC] D deleted in work tree + ------------------------------------------------- + D D unmerged, both deleted + A U unmerged, added by us + U D unmerged, deleted by them + U A unmerged, added by them + D U unmerged, deleted by us + A A unmerged, both added + U U unmerged, both modified + ------------------------------------------------- + ? ? untracked + ------------------------------------------------- + +If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line + +## branchname tracking info + +There is an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In +that format, the status field is the same, but some other things +change. First, the '->' is omitted from rename entries and the field +order is reversed (e.g 'from -> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL +(ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator +and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status +field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special +characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or +backslash-escaping is performed. Fourth, there is no branch line. + +CONFIGURATION +------------- + +The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they +mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward +compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables +to colorize its output. + +If the config variable `status.relativePaths` is set to false, then all +paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current +directory. + +If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical +to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for +the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be +shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:gitignore[5] + +Author +------ +Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>. + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |