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

2 messages from 2009-04-08 to 2009-04-08. Participants: layer, Markus Heidelberg.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/18797

## layer, 2009-04-08 23:40

Subject: "git status <file>" in the middle of a merge
Message-ID: <10804.1239234026@relay.known.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/10804.1239234026%40relay.known.net

```
$ 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, 2009-04-08 23:47

Subject: Re: "git status <file>" in the middle of a merge
Message-ID: <200904090147.59603.markus.heidelberg@web.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200904090147.59603.markus.heidelberg%40web.de
In-Reply-To: <10804.1239234026@relay.known.net>

```
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

```