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Ever use the git status porcelain switch?

The goal of the porcelain git status switch is to provide a much more consistent and much less verbose output when invoked.

Why? Well, the idea is that if you are running a script and need to know the status of files in a git repo, it's easier to parse the git porcelain status output that the standard git status output.

You probably won't use the git status --porcelain command every day, but if you do need it, it sure comes in handy!