git status -> Show files that will be added (staged) in subdirectories

Question

Say I start a git repository in a folder, and I have several subdirectories in it.

I have several globbing patterns .gitignore to exclude files in the s

Answer 1

Try:

git status -u

or the long form:

git status --untracked-files

which will show individual files in untracked directories.

Here's the detailed description of -u option from git-status man page:

-u[]
--untracked-files[=]

Show untracked files.

The mode parameter is optional (defaults to all), and is used to specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the default is normal, i.e. show untracked files and directories.

The possible options are:

• no - Show no untracked files
• normal - Shows untracked files and directories
• all - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.

The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles configuration variable documented in git-config(1).