On Mon, 21 May 2018, Elijah Newren wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 4:18 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > updating my git courseware and, since some man pages refer to files > > "known to git", i just want to make sure i understand precisely which > > files those are. AIUI, they would include: > > > > * tracked files > > * ignored files > > * new files which have been staged but not yet committed > > > > is that it? are there others? > > Doesn't the first category of yours include the third? I always > read 'tracked' as 'in the index'. you're right, i was being redundant. rday