Explain Git characters in man page

Fixes GH-778.
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Benjamin Sago 2021-04-12 22:17:39 +01:00
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@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ These options are available when running with `--long` (`-l`):
`--git` [if exa was built with git support]
: List each files Git status, if tracked.
This adds a two-character column indicating the staged and unstaged statuses respectively. The status character can be `-` for not modified, `M` for a modified file, `N` for a new file, `D` for deleted, `R` for renamed, `T` for type-change, `I` for ignored, and `U` for conflicted.
Directories will be shown to have the status of their contents, which is how deleted is possible: if a directory contains a file that has a certain status, it will be shown to have that status.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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