-u[<mode>]::
--untracked-files[=<mode>]::
- Show untracked files (Default: 'all').
+ Show untracked files.
+
-The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify
-the handling of untracked files. The possible options are:
+The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
+specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the
+default is 'normal', i.e. show untracked files and directories.
++
+The possible options are:
+
---
- 'no' - Show no untracked files
- 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
- 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
---
+
-See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable
-used to change the default for when the option is not
-specified.
+The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
+configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
--ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
- either "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default. When
+ either "none", "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default.
+ Using "none" will consider the submodule modified when it either contains
+ untracked or modified files or its HEAD differs from the commit recorded
+ in the superproject and can be used to override any settings of the
+ 'ignore' option in linkgit:git-config[1] or linkgit:gitmodules[5]. When
"untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,