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Re: How to check repository/working tree status from a script

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Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Date
May 19, 2009, 16:16 UTC
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On Tue, 19 May 2009, Marc Haber wrote:
>
> Am I missing something?
git-diff won't tell you about untracked files.
Use git ls-files --others --exclude-standard
Tony.
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