Phil Hord <hordp@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > # tokens and short-status > $ git status --tree --short > ## changed-files > M foo.txt Hrm, how will the existing readers of the output avoid getting confused by this overloading of "##", which has meant the current branch information? > # tokens only? > $ git status --tree --porcelain > changed-files It probably is simpler for parsers of the --porcelain format if you (1) always used first two bytes as the record type, and (2) avoided using "##" that is already used for the tree-wide status. Just a thought. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html