2 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/dotup.rs b/src/dotup.rs
index a7cccbe..296b182 100644
--- a/src/dotup.rs
+++ b/src/dotup.rs
@@ -287,11 +287,18 @@ impl Dotup {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn status(&self) {
+    pub fn status(&self, paths: impl Iterator<Item = impl AsRef<Path>>) {
         let status_result: anyhow::Result<()> = try {
-            let canonical_dir = utils::current_working_directory();
-            let item = self.status_path_to_item(&canonical_dir)?;
-            self.status_print_item(item, 0)?;
+            // canonicalize and remove paths whose parent we already have
+            let paths = paths.map(utils::weakly_canonical).collect::<HashSet<_>>();
+            let paths = paths
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|p| !paths.iter().any(|x| p.starts_with(x) && p != &x));
+
+            for path in paths {
+                let item = self.status_path_to_item(path)?;
+                self.status_print_item(item, 0)?;
+            }
         };
         if let Err(e) = status_result {
             println!("error while displaying status : {e}");
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 132b418..acd0e38 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -214,10 +214,13 @@ fn command_mv(global_flags: Flags, args: MvArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
 /// Shows information about links
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
-struct StatusArgs {}
+struct StatusArgs {
+    #[clap(default_value = ".")]
+    paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
+}
 
-fn command_status(global_flags: Flags, _args: StatusArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+fn command_status(global_flags: Flags, args: StatusArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let dotup = utils::read_dotup(&global_flags)?;
-    dotup.status();
+    dotup.status(args.paths.into_iter());
     Ok(())
 }