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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index b3319f7c2a..335f312335 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ OPTIONS --long:: Give the output in the long-format. This is the default. +-v:: +--verbose:: + In addition to the names of files that have been changed, also + show the textual changes that are staged to be committed + (i.e., like the output of `git diff --cached`). If `-v` is specified + twice, then also show the changes in the working tree that + have not yet been staged (i.e., like the output of `git diff`). + -u[<mode>]:: --untracked-files[=<mode>]:: Show untracked files. @@ -58,7 +66,10 @@ When `-u` option is not used, untracked files and directories are shown (i.e. the same as specifying `normal`), to help you avoid forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some -time in a large working tree. You can use `no` to have `git status` +time in a large working tree. +Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see +`git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index +--split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status` return more quickly without showing untracked files. + The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles |