Merge branch 'nd/ita-wt-renames-in-status'

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-status.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index f9bd63e18e7013774ec57c4e6bdbd3630eddaf63..72bfb87f6658b209e9b45956e73e492e957971b7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --branch::
        Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
 
+--show-stash::
+       Show the number of entries currently stashed away.
+
 --porcelain[=<version>]::
        Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts.
        This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable
@@ -94,8 +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
@@ -108,6 +130,8 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
        without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never'
        respectively.
 
+<pathspec>...::
+       See the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
 
 OUTPUT
 ------
@@ -366,6 +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]