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Re: Definition of working directory

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 27, 2012, 23:01 UTC
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Anjib Mulepati <anjibcs@hotmail.com> writes:
> So if I have a project called MyProject and inside that I have two
> sub-directories dir1 and dir2. Does that mean working directory is
> *ALWAYS* MyProject.
Your working tree is MyProject that has two subdirectories dir1 and dir2.
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> Also if i create some file in dir1 and do git status without git add
> then it display untracked files as ../dir1/
> It doesn't display the untracked file name but after I do git add when
> I did git status it does give me file under changes to be
> committed. Why didn't it shows file with name as untracked in first
> case?

Because often such a directory has tons of garbage files that are totally uninteresting. Check "git help status" and look for the --untracked-files option if you want to learn more.

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  1. Anjib MulepatiMar 27, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  3. Anjib MulepatiMar 27, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  5. KevinMar 28, 2012
  6. jaseem abidMar 28, 2012
  7. Working directory managmentAnjib Mulepati, Mar 28, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2012
  9. Anjib MulepatiMar 28, 2012
  10. jaseem abidMar 28, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2012

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