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From: "Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git status bug problem.
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:49:15 +0200
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2008/6/24 Ben Bennett <benbennett@gmail.com>:
> I made the initial commit.  git-gui doesn't return anything either.
> Something tells me it isn't getting the cwd. Add git status *  it will
> work correctly , but git-gui doesn't give anything.
>
> somewhere@something:~/git_test$ git status
> # On branch master
> nothing to commit (working directory clean)
>
> somewhere@something:~/git_test$ git status *
> # On branch master
> # Changes to be committed:
> #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
> #
> #       modified:   test/test2.txt
> #
> Thanks,
> Ben

The file isn't by chance matched by a git ignore rule somewhere? An easy
way to check is to try and git add the file, it will say you have to use
-f if it does.

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Mikael Magnusson