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Root
git rev-parse --show-toplevel
Git directory
git rev-parse --git-dir
You can use its exit status to determine if the current directory is a Git repository.
Branch
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
HEAD indicates a detached head.
Commit
git rev-parse [--short] HEAD
You can use its exit status to ask if there is at least one commit.
Stashes
git stash list
You can use wc [--lines -l] to count stashes.
Rebasing
.git
├── rebase-apply
│ └── …
└── rebase-merge
└── …
Is rebasing if rebase-apply or rebase-merge directories exist.
Porcelain
git status --porcelain
Porcelain format:
The [1][2] is a two-letter status code.
[1][2]
│ │
│ └── Status
└───── Status (Cached)
Status code:
␣ → Unmodified
M → Modified
A → Added
D → Deleted
R → Renamed
C → Copied
U → Updated but unmerged
?? → Untracked
!! → Ignored
Modified
[*][M]
Added
[A][␣]
Deleted
[*][D]
Untracked
[?][?]
Modifications
[*][M]
[*][A]
[*][D]
[*][?]
Unstaged changes
[*][Not ␣]
Ready to commit
[*][␣]
Merge conflicts
[U][U]
Icons
Git ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fab fa-github-alt"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/github-alt
New (•)
Glyph: •
Page: https://unicode-table.com/en/2022/
Untracked branch ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-anchor"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/anchor
Push ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-angle-double-down"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/angle-double-down
Pull ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-angle-double-up"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/angle-double-up
Untracked ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-tint"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/tint
Modified ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-pencil-alt"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/pencil-alt
Added ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-plus"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/plus
Deleted ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-minus"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/minus
Ready ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-sign-out-alt"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/sign-out-alt
Rebase ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-wrench"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/wrench
Merge ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-code-branch"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/code-branch
Diverged ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-code-branch"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/code-branch
Detached ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-unlink"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/unlink
Stashes ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-hourglass-start"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/hourglass-start
Tags ()
Glyph:
HTML: <i class="fas fa-tag"></i>
Page: https://fontawesome.com/icons/tag