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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html