Re: file is showing as modified even that it was never commited

>
> Ewa Śliwińska <kreska07@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Sergey,
> >
> > Thanks for engaging here.
> >
> > Actually, I gave some details in the first email, I'm not sure if they
> > were even noticed.
> >
> > About asking second time: I emphasized this because I felt this part
> > was ignored and I didn't like it.
> >
> > I wanted to describe problem more generally and gave you the commands.
> > But now I will paste the console full output as you demanded:
> >
> > mac:lp3rater noelo$ git status
> >
> > On branch master
> >
> > Your branch is based on 'origin/master', but the upstream is gone.
> >
> >   (use "git branch --unset-upstream" to fixup)
>
> This is something I've never seen before. Dunno how this happened to
> you, but to me it rings a bell that something weird goes on in this
> repo. Maybe it's in fact nothing, but then you may get all kinds of
> nasty behaviors if repo is indeed broken.
>
> >
> >
> > Changes to be committed:
> >
> >   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
> >
> >
> > new file:   .idea/.gitignore
> [... a lot more new files ...]
>
> Interesting. Is it the .gitignore that tells git to ignore all files in
> .idea/? If so, it's not a good idea for .gitignore to ignore itself.
> It's very confusing at minimum.
>
> Many new files also tells that you somehow, apparently by mistake, added
> all these files to staging (that will be committed at the next commit).
>
> Also, apparently you already did this same thing before, so there are
> some more files from .idea/ that are already there.
>
> [...]
>
> > Changes not staged for commit:
> >
> >   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
> >
> >   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
> >
> >
> > modified:   .idea/sonarlint/issuestore/c/0/c02b58f69e810278d2d423bdee557628145ed943
> > modified:   .idea/sonarlint/issuestore/f/b/fb31951790c271e26d568f9ac5b7681e7f0804ec
> > modified:   .idea/sonarlint/issuestore/index.pb
>
> These were likely already committed at the previous commit(s) and now
> have some changes. Try, say:
>
> $ git log -- .idea/sonarlint/issuestore/index.pb
>
> to see what commit added the file.
>
> In addition, try:
>
> $ git check-ignore .idea/sonarlint/issuestore/index.pb
>
> to check if the file you think is ignored is in fact ignored, as it'd be
> the simplest explanation of your troubles if it isn't.
>
> HTH,
> -- Sergey