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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 9f3a78a36c..72bfb87f66 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -97,8 +97,27 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option `status.submoduleSummary` is set). ---ignored:: +--ignored[=<mode>]:: Show ignored files as well. ++ +The mode parameter is used to specify the handling of ignored files. +It is optional: it defaults to 'traditional'. ++ +The possible options are: ++ + - 'traditional' - Shows ignored files and directories, unless + --untracked-files=all is specifed, in which case + individual files in ignored directories are + displayed. + - 'no' - Show no ignored files. + - 'matching' - Shows ignored files and directories matching an + ignore pattern. ++ +When 'matching' mode is specified, paths that explicity match an +ignored pattern are shown. If a directory matches an ignore pattern, +then it is shown, but not paths contained in the ignored directory. If +a directory does not match an ignore pattern, but all contents are +ignored, then the directory is not shown, but all contents are shown. -z:: Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies @@ -130,14 +149,15 @@ the status.relativePaths config option below. 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 @@ -173,6 +193,8 @@ in which case `XY` are `!!`. [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 @@ -290,13 +312,13 @@ Renamed or copied entries have the following format: 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 @@ -368,6 +390,19 @@ ignored submodules you can either use the --ignore-submodules=dirty command 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] |