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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-03-21 15:49:01 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-03-21 15:49:01 -0700
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@@ -819,24 +819,29 @@ third are what you <em>could</em> commit by running <em>git add</em> before runn
Show untracked files.
</p>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The mode parameter is optional (defaults to <em>all</em>), and is used to
-specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the
-default is <em>normal</em>, i.e. show untracked files and directories.</p></div>
+specify the handling of untracked files.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The possible options are:</p></div>
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
-<em>no</em> - Show no untracked files
+<em>no</em> - Show no untracked files.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
-<em>normal</em> - Shows untracked files and directories
+<em>normal</em> - Shows untracked files and directories.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<em>all</em> - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
</p>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When <code>-u</code> option is not used, untracked files and directories are
+shown (i.e. the same as specifying <code>normal</code>), to help you avoid
+forgetting to add newly created files. Because it takes extra work
+to find untracked files in the filesystem, this mode may take some
+time in a large working tree. You can use <code>no</code> to have <code>git status</code>
+return more quickly without showing untracked files.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
configuration variable documented in <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>.</p></div>
</li>
@@ -1062,7 +1067,7 @@ shown (see --summary-limit option of <a href="git-submodule.html">git-submodule(
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-Last updated 2013-02-05 21:07:26 PST
+Last updated 2013-03-21 15:47:21 PDT
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