Short Format
~~~~~~~~~~~~
-In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
+In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as one of these
+forms
- XY PATH1 -> PATH2
+ XY PATH
+ XY ORIG_PATH -> PATH
-where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the " `-> PATH2`" part is
-shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
-index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The `XY` is a two-letter
-status code.
+where `ORIG_PATH` is where the renamed/copied contents came
+from. `ORIG_PATH` is only shown when the entry is renamed or
+copied. The `XY` is a two-letter status code.
The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
[MARC] index and work tree matches
[ MARC] M work tree changed since index
[ MARC] D deleted in work tree
+ [ D] R renamed in work tree
+ [ D] C copied in work tree
-------------------------------------------------
D D unmerged, both deleted
A U unmerged, added by us
of similarity between the source and target of the
move or copy). For example "R100" or "C75".
<path> The pathname. In a renamed/copied entry, this
- is the path in the index and in the working tree.
+ is the target path.
<sep> When the `-z` option is used, the 2 pathnames are separated
with a NUL (ASCII 0x00) byte; otherwise, a tab (ASCII 0x09)
byte separates them.
- <origPath> The pathname in the commit at HEAD. This is only
- present in a renamed/copied entry, and tells
- where the renamed/copied contents came from.
+ <origPath> The pathname in the commit at HEAD or in the index.
+ This is only present in a renamed/copied entry, and
+ tells where the renamed/copied contents came from.
--------------------------------------------------------
Unmerged entries have the following format; the first character is
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]