diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/migrate.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/migrate.dart
index 7d592abec04a..67b51251dc3e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/migrate.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/migrate.dart
@@ -2,20 +2,34 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
+import 'package:process/process.dart';
 
+import '../base/file_system.dart';
 import '../base/logger.dart';
+import '../base/platform.dart';
 import '../base/terminal.dart';
 import '../migrate/migrate_utils.dart';
 import '../runner/flutter_command.dart';
-
+import 'migrate_status.dart';
 
 /// Base command for the migration tool.
 class MigrateCommand extends FlutterCommand {
   MigrateCommand({
+    bool verbose = false,
     required this.logger,
-    // TODO(garyq): Add each parameters in as subcommands land.
+    // TODO(garyq): Add parameter in as they are needed for subcommands.
+    required FileSystem fileSystem,
+    required Platform platform,
+    required ProcessManager processManager,
   }) {
-    // TODO(garyq): Add subcommands.
+    // TODO(garyq): Add each subcommand back in as they land.
+    addSubcommand(MigrateStatusCommand(
+      verbose: verbose,
+      logger: logger,
+      fileSystem: fileSystem,
+      platform: platform,
+      processManager: processManager
+    ));
   }
 
   final Logger logger;
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/migrate_status.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/migrate_status.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26dcc5d79c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/commands/migrate_status.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:process/process.dart';
+
+import '../base/file_system.dart';
+import '../base/logger.dart';
+import '../base/platform.dart';
+import '../base/terminal.dart';
+import '../migrate/migrate_manifest.dart';
+import '../migrate/migrate_utils.dart';
+import '../project.dart';
+import '../runner/flutter_command.dart';
+import 'migrate.dart';
+
+/// Flutter migrate subcommand to check the migration status of the project.
+class MigrateStatusCommand extends FlutterCommand {
+  MigrateStatusCommand({
+    bool verbose = false,
+    required this.logger,
+    required this.fileSystem,
+    required Platform platform,
+    required ProcessManager processManager,
+  }) : _verbose = verbose,
+       migrateUtils = MigrateUtils(
+         logger: logger,
+         fileSystem: fileSystem,
+         platform: platform,
+         processManager: processManager,
+       ) {
+    requiresPubspecYaml();
+    argParser.addOption(
+      'staging-directory',
+      help: 'Specifies the custom migration working directory used to stage '
+            'and edit proposed changes. This path can be absolute or relative '
+            'to the flutter project root. This defaults to '
+            '`$kDefaultMigrateStagingDirectoryName`',
+      valueHelp: 'path',
+    );
+    argParser.addOption(
+      'project-directory',
+      help: 'The root directory of the flutter project. This defaults to the '
+            'current working directory if omitted.',
+      valueHelp: 'path',
+    );
+    argParser.addFlag(
+      'diff',
+      defaultsTo: true,
+      help: 'Shows the diff output when enabled. Enabled by default.',
+    );
+    argParser.addFlag(
+      'show-added-files',
+      help: 'Shows the contents of added files. Disabled by default.',
+    );
+  }
+
+  final bool _verbose;
+
+  final Logger logger;
+
+  final FileSystem fileSystem;
+
+  final MigrateUtils migrateUtils;
+
+  @override
+  final String name = 'status';
+
+  @override
+  final String description = 'Prints the current status of the in progress migration.';
+
+  @override
+  String get category => FlutterCommandCategory.project;
+
+  @override
+  Future<Set<DevelopmentArtifact>> get requiredArtifacts async => const <DevelopmentArtifact>{};
+
+  /// Manually marks the lines in a diff that should be printed unformatted for visbility.
+  ///
+  /// This is used to ensure the initial lines that display the files being diffed and the
+  /// git revisions are printed and never skipped.
+  final Set<int> _initialDiffLines = <int>{0, 1};
+
+  @override
+  Future<FlutterCommandResult> runCommand() async {
+    final String? projectDirectory = stringArg('project-directory');
+    final FlutterProjectFactory flutterProjectFactory = FlutterProjectFactory(logger: logger, fileSystem: fileSystem);
+    final FlutterProject project = projectDirectory == null
+      ? FlutterProject.current()
+      : flutterProjectFactory.fromDirectory(fileSystem.directory(projectDirectory));
+    Directory stagingDirectory = project.directory.childDirectory(kDefaultMigrateStagingDirectoryName);
+    final String? customStagingDirectoryPath = stringArg('staging-directory');
+    if (customStagingDirectoryPath != null) {
+      if (fileSystem.path.isAbsolute(customStagingDirectoryPath)) {
+        stagingDirectory = fileSystem.directory(customStagingDirectoryPath);
+      } else {
+        stagingDirectory = project.directory.childDirectory(customStagingDirectoryPath);
+      }
+    }
+    if (!stagingDirectory.existsSync()) {
+      logger.printStatus('No migration in progress in $stagingDirectory. Start a new migration with:');
+      printCommandText('flutter migrate start', logger);
+      return const FlutterCommandResult(ExitStatus.fail);
+    }
+
+    final File manifestFile = MigrateManifest.getManifestFileFromDirectory(stagingDirectory);
+    if (!manifestFile.existsSync()) {
+      logger.printError('No migrate manifest in the migrate working directory '
+                        'at ${stagingDirectory.path}. Fix the working directory '
+                        'or abandon and restart the migration.');
+      return const FlutterCommandResult(ExitStatus.fail);
+    }
+    final MigrateManifest manifest = MigrateManifest.fromFile(manifestFile);
+
+    final bool showDiff = boolArg('diff') ?? true;
+    final bool showAddedFiles = boolArg('show-added-files') ?? true;
+    if (showDiff || _verbose) {
+      if (showAddedFiles || _verbose) {
+        for (final String localPath in manifest.addedFiles) {
+          logger.printStatus('Newly added file at $localPath:\n');
+          try {
+            logger.printStatus(stagingDirectory.childFile(localPath).readAsStringSync(), color: TerminalColor.green);
+          } on FileSystemException {
+            logger.printStatus('Contents are byte data\n', color: TerminalColor.grey);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      final List<String> files = <String>[];
+      files.addAll(manifest.mergedFiles);
+      files.addAll(manifest.resolvedConflictFiles(stagingDirectory));
+      files.addAll(manifest.remainingConflictFiles(stagingDirectory));
+      for (final String localPath in files) {
+        final DiffResult result = await migrateUtils.diffFiles(project.directory.childFile(localPath), stagingDirectory.childFile(localPath));
+        if (result.diff != '' && result.diff != null) {
+          // Print with different colors for better visibility.
+          int lineNumber = -1;
+          for (final String line in result.diff!.split('\n')) {
+            lineNumber++;
+            if (line.startsWith('---') || line.startsWith('+++') || line.startsWith('&&') || _initialDiffLines.contains(lineNumber)) {
+              logger.printStatus(line);
+              continue;
+            }
+            if (line.startsWith('-')) {
+              logger.printStatus(line, color: TerminalColor.red);
+              continue;
+            }
+            if (line.startsWith('+')) {
+              logger.printStatus(line, color: TerminalColor.green);
+              continue;
+            }
+            logger.printStatus(line, color: TerminalColor.grey);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    logger.printBox('Working directory at `${stagingDirectory.path}`');
+
+    checkAndPrintMigrateStatus(manifest, stagingDirectory, logger: logger);
+
+    final bool readyToApply = manifest.remainingConflictFiles(stagingDirectory).isEmpty;
+
+    if (!readyToApply) {
+      logger.printStatus('Guided conflict resolution wizard:');
+      printCommandText('flutter migrate resolve-conflicts', logger);
+      logger.printStatus('Resolve conflicts and accept changes with:');
+    } else {
+      logger.printStatus('All conflicts resolved. Review changes above and '
+                         'apply the migration with:',
+                         color: TerminalColor.green);
+    }
+    printCommandText('flutter migrate apply', logger);
+
+    return const FlutterCommandResult(ExitStatus.success);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/migrate/migrate_utils.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/migrate/migrate_utils.dart
index 16bc87e9be05..25891fe3c927 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/migrate/migrate_utils.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/migrate/migrate_utils.dart
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import '../base/platform.dart';
 import '../base/process.dart';
 
 /// The default name of the migrate working directory used to stage proposed changes.
-const String kDefaultMigrateWorkingDirectoryName = 'migrate_working_dir';
+const String kDefaultMigrateStagingDirectoryName = 'migrate_staging_dir';
 
 /// Utility class that contains methods that wrap git and other shell commands.
 class MigrateUtils {
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ class MigrateUtils {
   }
 
   /// Returns true if the workingDirectory git repo has any uncommited changes.
-  Future<bool> hasUncommittedChanges(String workingDirectory, {String? migrateWorkingDir}) async {
+  Future<bool> hasUncommittedChanges(String workingDirectory, {String? migrateStagingDir}) async {
     final List<String> cmdArgs = <String>[
       'git',
       'ls-files',
       '--deleted',
       '--modified',
       '--others',
-      '--exclude=${migrateWorkingDir ?? kDefaultMigrateWorkingDirectoryName}'
+      '--exclude=${migrateStagingDir ?? kDefaultMigrateStagingDirectoryName}'
     ];
     final RunResult result = await _processUtils.run(cmdArgs, workingDirectory: workingDirectory);
     checkForErrors(result, allowedExitCodes: <int>[-1], commandDescription: cmdArgs.join(' '));
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/migrate_status_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/migrate_status_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d179e23ba8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands.shard/permeable/migrate_status_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// @dart = 2.8
+
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/file_system.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/logger.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/base/platform.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/cache.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/commands/migrate.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/globals.dart' as globals;
+import 'package:flutter_tools/src/migrate/migrate_utils.dart';
+
+import '../../src/common.dart';
+import '../../src/context.dart';
+import '../../src/test_flutter_command_runner.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  FileSystem fileSystem;
+  BufferLogger logger;
+  Platform platform;
+  // TODO(garyq): Add terminal back in when other subcommands land.
+  ProcessManager processManager;
+  Directory appDir;
+
+  setUp(() {
+    fileSystem = globals.localFileSystem;
+    appDir = fileSystem.systemTempDirectory.createTempSync('apptestdir');
+    logger = BufferLogger.test();
+    platform = FakePlatform();
+    processManager = globals.processManager;
+  });
+
+  setUpAll(() {
+    Cache.disableLocking();
+  });
+
+  tearDown(() async {
+    tryToDelete(appDir);
+  });
+
+  testUsingContext('Status produces all outputs', () async {
+    final MigrateCommand command = MigrateCommand(
+      verbose: true,
+      logger: logger,
+      fileSystem: fileSystem,
+      platform: platform,
+      processManager: processManager,
+    );
+    final Directory stagingDir = appDir.childDirectory(kDefaultMigrateStagingDirectoryName);
+    final File pubspecOriginal = appDir.childFile('pubspec.yaml');
+    pubspecOriginal.createSync();
+    pubspecOriginal.writeAsStringSync('''
+name: originalname
+description: A new Flutter project.
+version: 1.0.0+1
+environment:
+  sdk: '>=2.18.0-58.0.dev <3.0.0'
+dependencies:
+  flutter:
+    sdk: flutter
+dev_dependencies:
+  flutter_test:
+    sdk: flutter
+flutter:
+  uses-material-design: true''', flush: true);
+
+    final File pubspecModified = stagingDir.childFile('pubspec.yaml');
+    pubspecModified.createSync(recursive: true);
+    pubspecModified.writeAsStringSync('''
+name: newname
+description: new description of the test project
+version: 1.0.0+1
+environment:
+  sdk: '>=2.18.0-58.0.dev <3.0.0'
+dependencies:
+  flutter:
+    sdk: flutter
+dev_dependencies:
+  flutter_test:
+    sdk: flutter
+flutter:
+  uses-material-design: false
+  EXTRALINE''', flush: true);
+
+    final File addedFile = stagingDir.childFile('added.file');
+    addedFile.createSync(recursive: true);
+    addedFile.writeAsStringSync('new file contents');
+
+    final File manifestFile = stagingDir.childFile('.migrate_manifest');
+    manifestFile.createSync(recursive: true);
+    manifestFile.writeAsStringSync('''
+merged_files:
+  - pubspec.yaml
+conflict_files:
+added_files:
+  - added.file
+deleted_files:
+''');
+
+    await createTestCommandRunner(command).run(
+      <String>[
+        'migrate',
+        'status',
+        '--staging-directory=${stagingDir.path}',
+        '--project-directory=${appDir.path}',
+      ]
+    );
+
+    expect(logger.statusText, contains('''
+Newly added file at added.file:
+
+new file contents'''));
+    expect(logger.statusText, contains(r'''
+Added files:
+  - added.file
+Modified files:
+  - pubspec.yaml
+
+All conflicts resolved. Review changes above and apply the migration with:
+
+    $ flutter migrate apply
+'''));
+
+    expect(logger.statusText, contains(r'''
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+-name: originalname
+-description: A new Flutter project.
++name: newname
++description: new description of the test project
+ version: 1.0.0+1
+ environment:
+   sdk: '>=2.18.0-58.0.dev <3.0.0'
+@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ dev_dependencies:
+   flutter_test:
+     sdk: flutter
+ flutter:
+-  uses-material-design: true
+\ No newline at end of file
++  uses-material-design: false
++  EXTRALINE'''));
+
+    // Add conflict file
+    final File conflictFile = stagingDir.childDirectory('conflict').childFile('conflict.file');
+    conflictFile.createSync(recursive: true);
+    conflictFile.writeAsStringSync('''
+line1
+<<<<<<< /conflcit/conflict.file
+line2
+=======
+linetwo
+>>>>>>> /var/folders/md/gm0zgfcj07vcsj6jkh_mp_wh00ff02/T/flutter_tools.4Xdep8/generatedTargetTemplatetlN44S/conflict/conflict.file
+line3
+''', flush: true);
+    final File conflictFileOriginal = appDir.childDirectory('conflict').childFile('conflict.file');
+    conflictFileOriginal.createSync(recursive: true);
+    conflictFileOriginal.writeAsStringSync('''
+line1
+line2
+line3
+''', flush: true);
+
+    manifestFile.writeAsStringSync('''
+merged_files:
+  - pubspec.yaml
+conflict_files:
+  - conflict/conflict.file
+added_files:
+  - added.file
+deleted_files:
+''');
+
+    logger.clear();
+    await createTestCommandRunner(command).run(
+      <String>[
+        'migrate',
+        'status',
+        '--staging-directory=${stagingDir.path}',
+        '--project-directory=${appDir.path}',
+      ]
+    );
+
+    expect(logger.statusText, contains('''
+@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+ line1
++<<<<<<< /conflcit/conflict.file
+ line2
++=======
++linetwo
++>>>>>>>'''));
+  }, overrides: <Type, Generator>{
+    FileSystem: () => fileSystem,
+    ProcessManager: () => processManager,
+    Platform: () => platform,
+  });
+}