pushNonFastForward::
                Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses
                non-fast-forward refs. Default: true.
+       statusHints::
+               Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
+               output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
+               when writing commit messages. Default: true.
 --
 
 core.fileMode::
 
 #include "cache.h"
 
 int advice_push_nonfastforward = 1;
+int advice_status_hints = 1;
 
 static struct {
        const char *name;
        int *preference;
 } advice_config[] = {
        { "pushnonfastforward", &advice_push_nonfastforward },
+       { "statushints", &advice_status_hints },
 };
 
 int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 
 {
        const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
        color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Unmerged paths:");
+       if (!advice_status_hints)
+               return;
        if (!s->is_initial)
                color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#   (use \"git reset %s <file>...\" to unstage)", s->reference);
        else
 {
        const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
        color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changes to be committed:");
+       if (!advice_status_hints)
+               return;
        if (!s->is_initial) {
                color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#   (use \"git reset %s <file>...\" to unstage)", s->reference);
        } else {
 {
        const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
        color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Changed but not updated:");
+       if (!advice_status_hints)
+               return;
        if (!has_deleted)
                color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#   (use \"git add <file>...\" to update what will be committed)");
        else
 {
        const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s);
        color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# Untracked files:");
+       if (!advice_status_hints)
+               return;
        color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#   (use \"git add <file>...\" to include in what will be committed)");
        color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#");
 }