Merge branch 'master' into jc/web

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 886fb7c02c290baff2ddc5eefe1ee9150dbb5604..ce7857e5a93c212c609b2ef0bef56c3c42ed841c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 git-status(1)
 =============
-v0.99.4, Aug 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-status - Show working tree status.
+git-status - Show working tree status
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git status'
+'git-status' <options>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -24,6 +23,10 @@ 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
 ------
@@ -42,5 +45,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite