What does “T” mean in “git status”? (it isn't in the man page)

Question

When I type git status I see:

T /path/to/file...
M /path/to/otherfile...

What exactly does the T git status

Answer 1

The code letters are listed in git-diff-files and git-diff-index under the --diff-filter option. They include these less common ones not listed under git-status.

have their type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, …) changed (T),

From git help diff-files msysgit version 1.7.8-preview20111206