Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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? That was a stupid question. Existing readers do not know to give --tree to the command, so they are perfectly OK. It is however not OK for new readers that wants to read these tree-wide state and also branch information. -- 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