Re: A Basic Git Question About File Tracking

Jon Forrest wrote:

On 10/3/2011 6:10 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

quoted

"Untracked" means "not in
the index", nothing more, nothing less.

But your definition doesn't include files that
have been committed. In the following trivial case
in a new git repository

cp /etc/passwd x
git add x
git commit -m"fooling around"

is "x" tracked? Your definition says it isn't
but "git status" makes me think it is.

Yes, "x" is tracked.  Moreover, "x" is in the index.  You can
list files in the index with the "git ls-files -s" command.

Does that help?

Sorry to be so pedantic.

No problem --- it's good to clarify these things (especially if it
results in finding documentation that should be clarified, too).

Jonathan