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How to `git status' without scrambling modified with new, etc

From
HPHarry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
Date
May 5, 2017, 14:02 UTC
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This is probably what everyone sees:
When I run `git status'; I see  modified and newfiles scrambled together

Is there a trick or technique to make that output show each category separately?

Or do folks just a throw a `sort' in there (git status|sort) and lose the color ouput?

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  1. Harry PutnamMay 5, 2017
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 5, 2017
  3. Samuel LijinMay 5, 2017
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