Add description of OFS_DELTA to the pack format description

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 645dc85ceb15c97a55faddbdab3586b39f74a60f..3ea269aa7a192d9f48ad2dc71f9cd790634c7852 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -12,36 +12,30 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
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 DESCRIPTION
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-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.
+Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the
+current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working
+tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not
+tracked by git (and are not ignored by linkgit:gitignore[5]). The first
+are what you _would_ commit by running `git commit`; the second and
+third are what you _could_ commit by running `git add` before running
+`git commit`.

 
 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`.
 
 
 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`.
 

-If any paths have been touched in the working tree (that is,
-their modification times have changed) but their contents and
-permissions are identical to those in the index file, the command
-updates the index file. Running `git-status` can thus speed up
-subsequent operations such as `git-diff` if the working tree
-contains many paths that have been touched but not modified.
+If there is no path that is different between the index file and
+the current HEAD commit (i.e., there is nothing to commit by running
+`git-commit`), the command exits with non-zero status.

 
 
 OUTPUT
 ------
 The output from this command is designed to be used as a 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 '#'.
+template comment, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.

 
 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are
 
 The paths mentioned in the output, unlike many other git commands, are

-made relative to the current directory, if you are working in a
+made relative to the current directory if you are working in a

 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
 the status.relativePaths config option below.
 
 subdirectory (this is on purpose, to help cutting and pasting). See
 the status.relativePaths config option below.
 


@@ -60,7 +54,7 @@ directory.
 
 See Also
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 See Also
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-gitlink:gitignore[5]
+linkgit:gitignore[5]

 
 Author
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 Author
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@@ -73,4 +67,4 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
 
 GIT
 ---

-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite