Merge branch 'rs/maint-archive-match-pathspec'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index b5939d6b58dab1baa18ab2bef59893c35ede965e..b3dfa42cc0211dbd8881f471ac287fa0b9cd5915 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ OPTIONS
 --short::
        Give the output in the short-format.
 
+--porcelain::
+       Give the output in a stable, easy-to-parse format for scripts.
+       Currently this is identical to --short output, but is guaranteed
+       not to change in the future, making it safe for scripts.
+
 -u[<mode>]::
 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
        Show untracked files (Default: 'all').
@@ -45,8 +50,8 @@ used to change the default for when the option is not
 specified.
 
 -z::
-       Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF.  This implies `-s`
-       (short status) output format.
+       Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF.  This implies
+       the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
 
 
 OUTPUT
@@ -113,9 +118,9 @@ paths shown are relative to the repository root, not to the current
 directory.
 
 If `status.submodulesummary` is set to a non zero number or true (identical
-to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
-summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see --summary-limit
-option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
+to -1 or an unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled for
+the long format and a summary of commits for modified submodules will be
+shown (see --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
 
 SEE ALSO
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