ATM we run git diff-index without --cached. This gives us all changes. In most cases we can tell if something is staged, because a non-Nonegitsha property is reported.
The one (?) exception are deletions. These have no gitsha property (of course), and only a git diff-index --cached would reveal their potential unstaged nature.
This appears to be the last aspect that prevent next-status from reporting index state. Here is what this looks like in a local draft (the plus-character indicates "staged"):
ATM we run
git diff-indexwithout--cached. This gives us all changes. In most cases we can tell if something is staged, because a non-Nonegitshaproperty is reported.The one (?) exception are deletions. These have no
gitshaproperty (of course), and only agit diff-index --cachedwould reveal their potential unstaged nature.This appears to be the last aspect that prevent
next-statusfrom reporting index state. Here is what this looks like in a local draft (the plus-character indicates "staged"):