[PATCH 1/5] status: document the -v/--verbose option

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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

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Apr 23, 2015, 12:27 UTC

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Document `git status -v`, including its new doubled `-vv` form.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 Documentation/git-status.txt | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index b3319f7..9ec5897 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ OPTIONS
 --long::
 	Give the output in the long-format. This is the default.
 
+-v::
+--verbose::
+	In addition to the names of files that have been changed, also
+	show the textual changes that are staged to be committed
+	(i.e., like the output of `git diff`). If `-v` is specified
+	twice, then also show the changes in the working tree that
+	have not yet been staged (i.e., like the output of `git diff
+	--cached`).
+
 -u[<mode>]::
 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
 	Show untracked files.

-- 
2.1.4