Is there a command line tool to show git status in realtime?

Question

I know there's git gui's like sourcetree and github for desktop, but I'm wondering if there's anything available that I could use from the command line to "watch" for changes and show the status of git files. If I were to modify a file, it would change the status of it without having to run git status.

Answer 1

Keep a terminal open in the background with this command running:

while :; do clear;date;git status; sleep 1; done

Even better, have a separate tmux pane dedicated to just showing this output.

This way, you can at-a-glace see the realtime status of the repo in the directory where this command was invoked.