From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Jon Forrest <nobozo@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A Basic Git Question About File Tracking
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 20:22:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111004012244.GB13836@elie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E8A5DF0.6040003@gmail.com>
Jon Forrest wrote:
> On 10/3/2011 6:10 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> "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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-04 1:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-04 0:53 A Basic Git Question About File Tracking Jon Forrest
2011-10-04 1:10 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-10-04 1:14 ` Jon Forrest
2011-10-04 1:22 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2011-10-09 0:08 ` Jon Forrest
2011-10-09 1:17 ` Jakub Narebski
2011-10-09 2:42 ` A Basic Git Question About File Tracking [ANSWERED] Jon Forrest
2011-10-09 9:37 ` Jakub Narebski
2011-10-09 16:57 ` A Basic Git Question About File Tracking Scott Chacon
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