static enum commit_whence whence;
 static int use_editor = 1, include_status = 1;
-static int show_ignored_in_status;
+static int show_ignored_in_status, have_option_m;
 static const char *only_include_assumed;
 static struct strbuf message = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 static int opt_parse_m(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 {
        struct strbuf *buf = opt->value;
-       if (unset)
+       if (unset) {
+               have_option_m = 0;
                strbuf_setlen(buf, 0);
-       else {
+       } else {
+               have_option_m = 1;
                if (buf->len)
                        strbuf_addch(buf, '\n');
                strbuf_addstr(buf, arg);
        if (force_author && renew_authorship)
                die(_("Using both --reset-author and --author does not make sense"));
 
-       if (logfile || message.len || use_message || fixup_message)
+       if (logfile || have_option_m || use_message || fixup_message)
                use_editor = 0;
        if (0 <= edit_flag)
                use_editor = edit_flag;
                        s->submodule_summary = -1;
                return 0;
        }
+       if (!strcmp(k, "status.short")) {
+               if (git_config_bool(k, v))
+                       status_format = STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT;
+               else
+                       status_format = STATUS_FORMAT_NONE;
+               return 0;
+       }
+       if (!strcmp(k, "status.branch")) {
+               s->show_branch = git_config_bool(k, v);
+               return 0;
+       }
        if (!strcmp(k, "status.color") || !strcmp(k, "color.status")) {
                s->use_color = git_config_colorbool(k, v);
                return 0;