| GIT-STATUS(1) | Git Manual | 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 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
-b, --branch
--show-stash
--porcelain[=<version>]
The version parameter is used to specify the format version. This is optional and defaults to the original version v1 format.
--long
-v, --verbose
-u[<mode>], --untracked-files[=<mode>]
The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of untracked files. It is optional: it defaults to all, and if specified, it must be stuck to the option (e.g. -uno, but not -u no).
The possible options are:
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. 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 configuration variable documented in git-config(1).
--ignore-submodules[=<when>]
--ignored[=<mode>]
The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of ignored files. It is optional: it defaults to traditional.
The possible options are:
When matching mode is specified, paths that explicitly match an ignored pattern are shown. If a directory matches an ignore pattern, then it is shown, but not paths contained in the ignored directory. If a directory does not match an ignore pattern, but all contents are ignored, then the directory is not shown, but all contents are shown.
-z
--column[=<options>], --no-column
--ahead-behind, --no-ahead-behind
--renames, --no-renames
--find-renames[=<n>]
<pathspec>...
OUTPUT¶
The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit template comment. 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 one of these forms
XY PATH XY ORIG_PATH -> PATH
where ORIG_PATH is where the renamed/copied contents came from. ORIG_PATH is only shown when the entry is renamed or copied. 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.
There are three different types of states that are shown using this format, and each one uses the XY syntax differently:
Note that the term merge here also includes rebases using the default --merge strategy, cherry-picks, and anything else using the merge machinery.
In the following table, these three classes are shown in separate sections, and these characters are used for X and Y fields for the first two sections that show tracked paths:
X Y Meaning -------------------------------------------------
[AMD] not updated M [ MTD] updated in index T [ MTD] type changed in index A [ MTD] added to index D deleted from index R [ MTD] renamed in index C [ MTD] copied in index [MTARC] index and work tree matches [ MTARC] M work tree changed since index [ MTARC] T type changed in work tree since index [ MTARC] D deleted in work tree
R renamed in work tree
C copied 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 -------------------------------------------------
Submodules have more state and instead report
This is 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
Porcelain Format Version 1¶
Version 1 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:
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.
Any submodule changes are reported as modified M instead of m or single ?.
Porcelain Format Version 2¶
Version 2 format adds more detailed information about the state of the worktree and changed items. Version 2 also defines an extensible set of easy to parse optional headers.
Header lines start with "#" and are added in response to specific command line arguments. Parsers should ignore headers they don’t recognize.
Branch Headers
If --branch is given, a series of header lines are printed with information about the current branch.
Line Notes ------------------------------------------------------------ # branch.oid <commit> | (initial) Current commit. # branch.head <branch> | (detached) Current branch. # branch.upstream <upstream_branch> If upstream is set. # branch.ab +<ahead> -<behind> If upstream is set and
the commit is present. ------------------------------------------------------------
Stash Information
If --show-stash is given, one line is printed showing the number of stash entries if non-zero:
# stash <N>
Changed Tracked Entries
Following the headers, a series of lines are printed for tracked entries. One of three different line formats may be used to describe an entry depending on the type of change. Tracked entries are printed in an undefined order; parsers should allow for a mixture of the 3 line types in any order.
Ordinary changed entries have the following format:
1 <XY> <sub> <mH> <mI> <mW> <hH> <hI> <path>
Renamed or copied entries have the following format:
2 <XY> <sub> <mH> <mI> <mW> <hH> <hI> <X><score> <path><sep><origPath>
Field Meaning -------------------------------------------------------- <XY> A 2 character field containing the staged and
unstaged XY values described in the short format,
with unchanged indicated by a "." rather than
a space. <sub> A 4 character field describing the submodule state.
"N..." when the entry is not a submodule.
"S<c><m><u>" when the entry is a submodule.
<c> is "C" if the commit changed; otherwise ".".
<m> is "M" if it has tracked changes; otherwise ".".
<u> is "U" if there are untracked changes; otherwise ".". <mH> The octal file mode in HEAD. <mI> The octal file mode in the index. <mW> The octal file mode in the worktree. <hH> The object name in HEAD. <hI> The object name in the index. <X><score> The rename or copy score (denoting the percentage
of similarity between the source and target of the
move or copy). For example "R100" or "C75". <path> The pathname. In a renamed/copied entry, this
is the target path. <sep> When the `-z` option is used, the 2 pathnames are separated
with a NUL (ASCII 0x00) byte; otherwise, a tab (ASCII 0x09)
byte separates them. <origPath> The pathname in the commit at HEAD or in the index.
This is only present in a renamed/copied entry, and
tells where the renamed/copied contents came from. --------------------------------------------------------
Unmerged entries have the following format; the first character is a "u" to distinguish from ordinary changed entries.
u <XY> <sub> <m1> <m2> <m3> <mW> <h1> <h2> <h3> <path>
Field Meaning -------------------------------------------------------- <XY> A 2 character field describing the conflict type
as described in the short format. <sub> A 4 character field describing the submodule state
as described above. <m1> The octal file mode in stage 1. <m2> The octal file mode in stage 2. <m3> The octal file mode in stage 3. <mW> The octal file mode in the worktree. <h1> The object name in stage 1. <h2> The object name in stage 2. <h3> The object name in stage 3. <path> The pathname. --------------------------------------------------------
Other Items
Following the tracked entries (and if requested), a series of lines will be printed for untracked and then ignored items found in the worktree.
Untracked items have the following format:
? <path>
Ignored items have the following format:
! <path>
Pathname Format Notes and -z
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.
Without the -z option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as explained for the configuration variable core.quotePath (see git-config(1)).
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 git-submodule(1)). Please note that the summary output from the status command will be suppressed for all submodules when diff.ignoreSubmodules is set to all or only for those submodules where submodule.<name>.ignore=all. To also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use the --ignore-submodules=dirty command line option or the git submodule summary command, which shows a similar output but does not honor these settings.
BACKGROUND REFRESH¶
By default, git status will automatically refresh the index, updating the cached stat information from the working tree and writing out the result. Writing out the updated index is an optimization that isn’t strictly necessary (status computes the values for itself, but writing them out is just to save subsequent programs from repeating our computation). When status is run in the background, the lock held during the write may conflict with other simultaneous processes, causing them to fail. Scripts running status in the background should consider using git --no-optional-locks status (see git(1) for details).
UNTRACKED FILES AND PERFORMANCE¶
git status can be very slow in large worktrees if/when it needs to search for untracked files and directories. There are many configuration options available to speed this up by either avoiding the work or making use of cached results from previous Git commands. There is no single optimum set of settings right for everyone. We’ll list a summary of the relevant options to help you, but before going into the list, you may want to run git status again, because your configuration may already be caching git status results, so it could be faster on subsequent runs.
Note that after you turn on the untracked cache and/or FSMonitor features it may take a few git status commands for the various caches to warm up before you see improved command times. This is normal.
SEE ALSO¶
GIT¶
Part of the git(1) suite
| 11/20/2023 | Git 2.43.0 |