"git status" in brief or short format like "ls -1"?

Question

I need to take a bunch of files that have changed and scp them to different boxes for testing. I'm having trouble figuring out how to make git status give me a listing like ls -1 so I can script the actions with minimal effort.

I have an existing script that does what I need using ls -1. I'm not a gifted scripter, so I don't want to modify the script. Instead, I would like the tool to modify its output.

Obviously, git status -1 did not work. The format in How can I get 'git status' to always use short format is not compatible with my script. And git status --column produced the same result as below.

How do I have git status list modified files, one to a line, with only the modified file on the line?

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$ git status
On branch master
Your branch and 'origin/master' have diverged,
and have 1 and 2 different commits each, respectively.
  (use "git pull" to merge the remote branch into yours)

Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

    modified:   cryptest.vcproj
    modified:   dlltest.vcproj

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

    modified:   adler32.cpp
    modified:   algebra.cpp
    modified:   algparam.cpp
    modified:   asn.cpp
    modified:   asn.h
    modified:   authenc.cpp
    modified:   authenc.h
    modified:   basecode.cpp
    modified:   cast.cpp
    modified:   ccm.cpp
    modified:   cmac.cpp
    modified:   config.h
    modified:   cryptdll.vcproj
    modified:   cryptlib.cpp
    modified:   cryptlib.h
    modified:   cryptlib.vcproj
    modified:   datatest.cpp
    modified:   dlltest.cpp
    modified:   eax.cpp
    modified:   ec2n.cpp
    modified:   eccrypto.cpp
    modified:   ecp.cpp
    modified:   emsa2.cpp
    modified:   eprecomp.cpp
    modified:   esign.cpp
    modified:   files.cpp
    modified:   filters.cpp
    modified:   filters.h
    modified:   fips140.cpp
    modified:   fipsalgt.cpp
    modified:   fltrimpl.h
    modified:   gf2_32.cpp
    modified:   gf2n.cpp
    modified:   gf2n.h
    modified:   gfpcrypt.cpp
    modified:   gfpcrypt.h
    modified:   hkdf.h
    modified:   hmac.cpp
    modified:   hrtimer.cpp
    modified:   ida.cpp
    modified:   idea.cpp
    modified:   integer.cpp
    modified:   iterhash.cpp
    modified:   luc.h
    modified:   misc.cpp
    modified:   misc.h
    modified:   modes.cpp
    modified:   modes.h
    modified:   nbtheory.cpp
    modified:   network.cpp
    modified:   oaep.cpp
    modified:   panama.cpp
    modified:   pkcspad.cpp
    modified:   polynomi.cpp
    modified:   pssr.cpp
    modified:   pubkey.h
    modified:   pwdbased.h
    modified:   queue.cpp
    modified:   rijndael.cpp
    modified:   rsa.cpp
    modified:   rw.cpp
    modified:   salsa.cpp
    modified:   seal.cpp
    modified:   secblock.h
    modified:   simple.h
    modified:   smartptr.h
    modified:   socketft.cpp
    modified:   socketft.h
    modified:   sosemanuk.cpp
    modified:   strciphr.cpp
    modified:   strciphr.h
    modified:   test.cpp
    modified:   validat1.cpp
    modified:   validat2.cpp
    modified:   vmac.cpp
    modified:   wait.cpp
    modified:   winpipes.cpp
    modified:   winpipes.h
    modified:   words.h
    modified:   xtr.cpp
    modified:   xtr.h
    modified:   zdeflate.cpp
    modified:   zinflate.cpp

Answer 1

git status --porcelain

This will output in short format but will be consistent across all versions of Git.

git-status documentation

Here is an excerpt from the reference:

--porcelain
Give the output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts. This is similar to the short output, but will remain stable across Git versions and regardless of user configuration.