On 2025-04-10 at 17:49:23, Ross Goldberg wrote: > What is the simplest git command that returns 0 if the working directory is completely clean, or nonzero if it is dirty in any way (staged diff, unstaged diff, file that is both untracked & not ignored, etc.), with nothing printed to stdout or to stderr? > If the simplest such command is complex, is there any feature request to create a simple command, possibly with options that specify what is considered dirty (staged diffs, unstaged diffs, untracked & not ignored, etc.)? Here's what I've used: [ -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ] That assumes you know the directory is a non-bare working tree. `git status --porcelain` prints nothing if the working directory is clean and prints what's dirty otherwise. -- brian m. carlson (they/them) Toronto, Ontario, CA
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