status

git status

這個指令不只會顯示目前 repository 的狀態，還會提示你應該做什麼動作：

• Working directory 有一些檔案變動，且有一些 untracked files：

  On branch main
  Changes not staged for commit:
    (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
    (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
          modified:   .gitignore
  
  Untracked files:
    (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
          test1
  
  no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

• Staging area 有一些變動尚未被 commit：

  On branch main
  Changes to be committed:
    (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
      modified:   hello

• 沒有任何未 commit 的變動

  On branch main
  nothing to commit, working tree clean

精簡一點

如果只是想大概看一下目前的狀態，也可以加上 --short (-s) 讓輸出精簡一點，通常建議也搭配 --branch (-b) 使用：

git status -sb

Example output:

## main
 M test1