diff --git a/source/snag/core/core.d b/source/snag/core/core.d
index e70ce62..cf1f65c 100644
--- a/source/snag/core/core.d
+++ b/source/snag/core/core.d
@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ class Snag {
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	private string gitStatus(string shortStatus, bool formatted = false) {
+		immutable string[string] statusMap = [
+			"??": "Untracked",
+			"A": "Added",
+			"M": "Modified",
+			"D": "Deleted",
+			"R": "Renamed",
+			"C": "Copied",
+			"U": "Unmerged",
+			"T": "Type changed",
+			"!": "Ignored"
+		];
+		string fullStatus = statusMap.get(shortStatus, shortStatus);
+		return formatted && fullStatus.length < 8 ? fullStatus ~ "\t" : fullStatus;
+	}
+
 	void initialize(bool force) {
 		auto result = execute(_baseCommand ~ ["rev-parse", "--git-dir"]);
 		!force && !result.status &&
@@ -84,9 +100,11 @@ class Snag {
 			return;
 		}
 		writeln("The following list of files requires backup:");
-		result.output.split('\n').filter!(e => !e.strip.empty).each!((e) {
-			writefln("\t/%s", e.strip.split[1]);
-		});
+		result.output.split('\n')[0..$-1].map!(e =>
+			e.strip.split
+		).each!(e =>
+			writefln("\t%s\t/%s", gitStatus(e[0], true), e[1])
+		);
 	}
 
 	void create(string comment, string author, string email) {