Git Pills

Git Status

Introduction

git status is a command that show us how is it going on the working tree.

How to use it

git status or git status --long

Shows the status with a long format

Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
      modified:   docs/pills/index.md

Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
      docs/pills/git-status.md
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git status -v | --verbose

Shows the textual changes that are staged and will be commited

git status -s | --short

Shows the info with a short format

D  docs/pills/index.md
?? docs/pills/git-status.md
A  docs/pills/git-rebase.md
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The -s modificator allows us to see the info with an special format XY PATH where the x (staging area) and y (local changes) could be:

  • '': unmodified
  • ?: untracked
  • M: modified
  • A: added
  • D: deleted
  • R: renamed
  • C: copied

So if we want to see our actual branch and our current changes in a short way, we only have to write on the terminal git status -b -s And we could get something like

## git-status
 M docs/pills/git-rebase.md
AM docs/pills/git-status.md
 D docs/pills/index.md
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Here we can see:

  • the current branch git-status
  • the file git-rebase.md has been modified
  • the file index.md has been deleted
  • the file git-status.md that has been added to the staging area and modified later.

git status -u[mode] | --untracked-files[mode]

Allow us to select if we want to show untracked files, the mode options are:

  • no: only shows tracked files
  • normal: shows untacked files and directories
  • all: shows individual files in untracked directories
> git status -uall

On branch git-status
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/git-status'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        modified:   docs/pills/git-status.md

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        docs/pills/newFileUntracked
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> git status -uno

On branch git-status
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/git-status'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        modified:   docs/pills/git-status.md

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
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