Re: newbie - missing file from untracked list

[Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>]

于 11-7-19 上午9:49, govinda 写道:
> [Govindas-iMac-2:SS_site_root] Govind% git add mainline_finishes.html
> [Govindas-iMac-2:SS_site_root] Govind% git status
> # On branch Gov_SS_2011-07-16
> # Changes to be committed:
> #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
> #
> #	new file:   VL_ShowMan.html
> #
> # Untracked files:
> #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
> #
> [snip]
> #	Intranet_IE/CSI_Admin.html
> #	Intranet_IE/DealerUpdate_Approve.html
> [snip]
> 
> ^^^ *where* is 'mainline_finishes.html'?!
> 

If the file 'mainline_finishes.html' is already in the repository,
add it again without any modifications, the file will not show in
git-status output.

You can see files aready in HEAD:

    $ git ls-tree HEAD

or files in stage.

    $ git ls-files -s


> I would sort that untracked file listing for ease of reading.. but I do not
> know how (if it is even possible)... is there an option for 'git status -?'
> that causes the list to sort alphabetically?  At the moment is seems to try
> to sort ..but breaks the lists into a couple/few separate clumps of
> otherwise alphabetized file names. (That makes no sense to me.)

$ git status -s | grep "^?" | sort

-- 
Jiang Xin