From: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 15:49:04 GMT
Subject: Re: which files are "known to git"?
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1805211148340.17797@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BH0bw3m5Ubz2+-XyFGwoHD96sAaSen9-SHQSBqMS-9u5w@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, 21 May 2018, Elijah Newren wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 4:18 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> 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