6.2 Git Status

• Git status is a command to see the file tracking information of git working directory
• To verify the files are added to staging area, we need to run git status , then we can see the response
• As the Staged files (git added files) with green colour, as shows changes to be committed
• And non staged files (non git add files) are shown with red colours, as shows untracked files.

Types of Tracked files :

(i) Modified Files :

• After tracking enabled by the git add command, if you made some changes on any file, the git tracking system will identify it, mark it as a Modified file.
• For an example : Edited the one.txt , added some information and saved
• We can the git status response as modified , changed not staged
• So we again need to add the files to staging area by running git add <Modified file name>

(ii) Un Modified :

• if you did not change any code on any file , that file is marked as an unmodified file by git.
• Shows the git status response as Changes to be committed

(iii) Remove files from Staging area (un staging) / un Tracking :

• If you want to remove a file from staging/tracking with any reason
• We can simply remove it by using this command

• By removing a staged files, it will be moved to untracked files list

Git short status indication :

A: Staged/Tracking File

M: Modified

??: Untracked/Not staged file