STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT,
        STATUS_FORMAT_PORCELAIN
 } status_format = STATUS_FORMAT_LONG;
-static int status_show_branch;
 
 static int opt_parse_m(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 {
 
        switch (status_format) {
        case STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT:
-               wt_shortstatus_print(s, status_show_branch);
+               wt_shortstatus_print(s);
                break;
        case STATUS_FORMAT_PORCELAIN:
                wt_porcelain_print(s);
                OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
                OPT_SET_INT('s', "short", &status_format,
                            "show status concisely", STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT),
-               OPT_BOOLEAN('b', "branch", &status_show_branch,
+               OPT_BOOLEAN('b', "branch", &s.show_branch,
                            "show branch information"),
                OPT_SET_INT(0, "porcelain", &status_format,
                            "machine-readable output",
 
        switch (status_format) {
        case STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT:
-               wt_shortstatus_print(&s, status_show_branch);
+               wt_shortstatus_print(&s);
                break;
        case STATUS_FORMAT_PORCELAIN:
                wt_porcelain_print(&s);
                OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run, "show what would be committed"),
                OPT_SET_INT(0, "short", &status_format, "show status concisely",
                            STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT),
-               OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "branch", &status_show_branch, "show branch information"),
+               OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "branch", &s.show_branch, "show branch information"),
                OPT_SET_INT(0, "porcelain", &status_format,
                            "machine-readable output", STATUS_FORMAT_PORCELAIN),
                OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "null", &s.null_termination,