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index 725065ef2d..9f3a78a36c 100644
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@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ OPTIONS
--branch::
Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
+--show-stash::
+ Show the number of entries currently stashed away.
+
--porcelain[=<version>]::
Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts.
This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable
@@ -108,6 +111,8 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never'
respectively.
+<pathspec>...::
+ See the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
OUTPUT
------
@@ -181,6 +186,17 @@ in which case `XY` are `!!`.
! ! ignored
-------------------------------------------------
+Submodules have more state and instead report
+ M the submodule has a different HEAD than
+ recorded in the index
+ m the submodule has modified content
+ ? the submodule has untracked files
+since modified content or untracked files in a submodule cannot be added
+via `git add` in the superproject to prepare a commit.
+
+'m' and '?' are applied recursively. For example if a nested submodule
+in a submodule contains an untracked file, this is reported as '?' as well.
+
If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
## branchname tracking info
@@ -210,6 +226,8 @@ field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
backslash-escaping is performed.
+Any submodule changes are reported as modified `M` instead of `m` or single `?`.
+
Porcelain Format Version 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -322,10 +340,9 @@ When the `-z` option is given, pathnames are printed as is and
without any quoting and lines are terminated with a NUL (ASCII 0x00)
byte.
-Otherwise, all pathnames will be "C-quoted" if they contain any tab,
-linefeed, double quote, or backslash characters. In C-quoting, these
-characters will be replaced with the corresponding C-style escape
-sequences and the resulting pathname will be double quoted.
+Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
+quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
+(see linkgit:git-config[1]).
CONFIGURATION