git status Command |

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git status is a command used to view the current state of a Git repository.

The git status command can check if files have been modified again after your last commit.

$ git status On branch master Initial commit Changes to be committed: (use "git rm --cached ..." to unstage)new file: README new file: hello.php

The git status command displays the following information:

The name of the current branch.
The relationship between the current branch and the remote branch (e.g., whether it is up to date).
Unstaged changes: Shows a list of files that have been modified but have not yet been added to the staging area using git add.
Untracked files: Shows a list of new files that are not yet under version control.

Based on the output of git status, you can determine the file status in the current working directory and take appropriate actions.

Usually we use the -s parameter to get a short output:

$ git status -s AM README A hello.php

The AM status means that the file has been modified after we added it to the staging area.