Hi, I find "git status" and "git status ." have different output and the latter will go wrong in the case below: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #!/bin/sh rm -rf tt; mkdir tt; cd tt git init mkdir AA echo hello>a git add . echo world>a echo "different output..." echo "--------------------git status-------------" git status echo "--------------------git status . ----------" git status . git add a git commit -m "test" echo hello world>a git add a sleep 4 echo world hello>a echo "--------------------git status-------------" git status echo "--------------------git status . ----------" git status . <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I use git version 1.5.1.rc2.15.g465b3, "git repo-config -l" shows: core.filemode=false core.logallrefupdates=true core.compression=9 diff.color=auto pack.window=64 merge.summary=true core.repositoryformatversion=0 core.filemode=false core.bare=false Here is the output of that script: Initialized empty Git repository in .git/ different output... --------------------git status------------- # On branch master # # Initial commit # # Changes to be committed: # (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage) # # new file: a # # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # # modified: a # --------------------git status . ---------- # On branch master # # Initial commit # # Changes to be committed: # (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage) # # new file: a # Created initial commit dc57cb444335e73ce3320c1e368765b1a92e3be5 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 a --------------------git status------------- # On branch master # Changes to be committed: # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) # # modified: a # # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # # modified: a # --------------------git status . ---------- fatal: Entry 'a' not uptodate. Cannot merge. - 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