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   1git-status(1)
   2=============
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-status - Show working tree status
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git-status' <options>...
  12
  13DESCRIPTION
  14-----------
  15Examines paths in the working tree that has changes unrecorded
  16to the index file, and changes between the index file and the
  17current HEAD commit.  The former paths are what you _could_
  18commit by running 'git-update-index' before running 'git
  19commit', and the latter paths are what you _would_ commit by
  20running 'git commit'.
  21
  22If there is no path that is different between the index file and
  23the current HEAD commit, the command exits with non-zero
  24status.
  25
  26The command takes the same set of options as `git-commit`; it
  27shows what would be committed if the same options are given to
  28`git-commit`.
  29
  30
  31OUTPUT
  32------
  33The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
  34template comments, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
  35
  36
  37Author
  38------
  39Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
  40Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>.
  41
  42Documentation
  43--------------
  44Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  45
  46GIT
  47---
  48Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  49