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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: A Basic Git Question About File Tracking
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 20:22:44 -0500
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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