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"git status <file>" in the middle of a merge

Subject: "git status <file>" in the middle of a merge

## tl;dr

2 messages between Apr 8, 2009 and Apr 8, 2009.

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$ git status ChangeLog fatal: cannot do a partial commit during a merge. $

Huh?  I'm not committing.  I'm asking for status.

Doing "git status" will tell me it's `unmerged'.

Markus Heidelberg· Apr 8, 2009, 23:47 UTC · re: layer · lore

Re: "git status <file>" in the middle of a merge

layer, 09.04.2009:

> $ git status ChangeLog

This does not what you expect, see git-status doc:

    The command takes the same set of options as git-commit; it shows
    what would be committed if the same options are given to git-commit.

Markus