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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9046df98a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -0,0 +1,221 @@ +git-status(1) +============= + +NAME +---- +git-status - Show the working tree status + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'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 an easy-to-parse format for scripts. + This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable + across Git versions and regardless of user configuration. See + below for details. + +--long:: + Give the output in the long-format. This is the default. + +-u[<mode>]:: +--untracked-files[=<mode>]:: + Show untracked files. ++ +The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), 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. ++ +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` +return more quickly without showing untracked files. ++ +The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles +configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. + +--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). + +--ignored:: + Show ignored files as well. + +-z:: + Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies + the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given. + +--column[=<options>]:: +--no-column:: + Display untracked files in columns. See configuration variable + column.status for option syntax.`--column` and `--no-column` + without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never' + respectively. + + +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. Its contents and format are subject to change +at 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. + +Short Format +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as + + XY PATH1 -> PATH2 + +where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the " `-> 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, unless `--ignored` option is in effect, +in which case `XY` are `!!`. + + 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 + ! ! ignored + ------------------------------------------------- + +If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line + +## branchname tracking info + +Porcelain Format +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The porcelain format is similar to the short format, but is guaranteed +not to change in a backwards-incompatible way between Git versions or +based on user configuration. This makes it ideal for parsing by scripts. +The description of the short format above also describes the porcelain +format, with a few exceptions: + +1. The user's color.status configuration is not respected; color will + always be off. + +2. The user's status.relativePaths configuration is not respected; paths + shown will always be relative to the repository root. + +There is also 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. + +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] + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |