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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 2d4bbfcaf4..2fd054c104 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ OPTIONS
--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
@@ -49,6 +53,17 @@ 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 "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default. 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.
@@ -120,6 +135,10 @@ Ignored files are not listed.
? ? 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
@@ -128,7 +147,7 @@ order is reversed (e.g 'from -> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
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.
+backslash-escaping is performed. Fourth, there is no branch line.
CONFIGURATION
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