# git-status(1) Manual Page

## NAME

git-status - Show the working tree status

## SYNOPSIS

git-status <options>…

## DESCRIPTION

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 add before running git commit, and the latter paths are what you _would_ commit by running git commit.

If there is no path that is different between the index file and 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`.

## OUTPUT

The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit 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

gitignore(5)

## Author

Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>.

## Documentation

Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

## GIT

Part of the git(7) suite