--branch::
Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
+--show-stash::
+ Show the number of entries currently stashed away.
+
--porcelain[=<version>]::
Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts.
This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable
(and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
`status.submoduleSummary` is set).
---ignored::
+--ignored[=<mode>]::
Show ignored files as well.
++
+The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of ignored files.
+It is optional: it defaults to 'traditional'.
++
+The possible options are:
++
+ - 'traditional' - Shows ignored files and directories, unless
+ --untracked-files=all is specifed, in which case
+ individual files in ignored directories are
+ displayed.
+ - 'no' - Show no ignored files.
+ - 'matching' - Shows ignored files and directories matching an
+ ignore pattern.
++
+When 'matching' mode is specified, paths that explicity 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::
Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never'
respectively.
+<pathspec>...::
+ See the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
OUTPUT
------
! ! ignored
-------------------------------------------------
+Submodules have more state and instead report
+ M the submodule has a different HEAD than
+ recorded in the index
+ m the submodule has modified content
+ ? the submodule has untracked files
+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
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
without any quoting and lines are terminated with a NUL (ASCII 0x00)
byte.
-Otherwise, all pathnames will be "C-quoted" if they contain any tab,
-linefeed, double quote, or backslash characters. In C-quoting, these
-characters will be replaced with the corresponding C-style escape
-sequences and the resulting pathname will be double quoted.
+Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
+quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
+(see linkgit:git-config[1]).
CONFIGURATION
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 linkgit:git[1] for details).
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:gitignore[5]