Re: git status bug problem.

From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 24, 2008, 01:49 UTC
Message-ID: <237967ef0806231849k2aa0c1ebt9f4dee45e2b40896@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <970bc7c80806231837j19458b80x81063745a2ef40c4@mail.gmail.com>

2008/6/24 Ben Bennett <benbennett@gmail.com>:

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> 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