NAME
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-git-status - Show working tree status
+git-status - Show the working tree status
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-status'
+'git-status' <options>...
DESCRIPTION
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Examines paths in the working tree that has changes unrecorded
to the index file, and changes between the index file and the
current HEAD commit. The former paths are what you _could_
-commit by running 'git-update-index' before running 'git
+commit by running 'git add' before running 'git
commit', and the latter paths are what you _would_ commit by
running 'git commit'.
the current HEAD commit, the command exits with non-zero
status.
+The command takes the same set of options as `git-commit`; it
+shows what would be committed if the same options are given to
+`git-commit`.
+
+If any paths have been touched in the working tree (that is,
+their modification times have changed) but their contents and
+permissions are identical to those in the index file, the command
+updates the index file. Running `git-status` can thus speed up
+subsequent operations such as `git-diff` if the working tree
+contains many paths that have been touched but not modified.
+
OUTPUT
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template comments, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
+mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
+compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
+to colorize its output.
+
+See Also
+--------
+gitlink:gitignore[5]
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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