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Untracked files when git status executed on a new folder

Subject: Untracked files when git status executed on a new folder

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3 messages between Jun 23, 2015 and Jun 24, 2015.

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Víctor Martín Hernández· Jun 23, 2015, 15:19 UTC · lore

Hi all. Today I've had an unexpected behaviour that I'm not sure if is a bug or I'm not doing git best practices... (surely the latest...) The sequence of actions is :

1. create a new subfolder of my local repository branch
2. cd to this new folder, and create a new file
3. execute git status from the new folder

Doing that, the new folder doesn't appear as untracked.

4. cd ..
5. git status
In this case, the new folder appears.

If I create a new folder on the same level that the new one created in step 1, cd into it, and execute git status, the folder created in step 1 appears as untracked.

After step 3 I have executed git commit and git push to the remote, and later another user has realized that the new file was not present.

Please let me know if you understand my explanation, and if it's a bug or just that I'm not as experienced as I'd like with git ;)

THANKS!! Víctor

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Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (ICE/CSIC), and 
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)

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Johannes Löthberg· Jun 23, 2015, 16:54 UTC · re: Víctor Martín Hernández · lore

Re: Untracked files when git status executed on a new folder

On 23/06, Víctor Martín Hernández wrote:

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>Hi all.
>Today I've had an unexpected behaviour that I'm not sure if is a bug or
>I'm not doing git best practices... (surely the latest...)
>The sequence of actions is :
>
>1. create a new subfolder of my local repository branch
>2. cd to this new folder, and create a new file
>3. execute git status from the new folder
>
>Doing that, the new folder doesn't appear as untracked.
>
>4. cd ..
>5. git status
>In this case, the new folder appears.
>
>If I create a new folder on the same level that the new one created in
>step 1, cd into it, and execute git status, the folder created in step 1
>appears as untracked.
>

Can't reproduce on Git 2.4.4/Linux, which Git version and platform are you using?

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Víctor Martín Hernández· Jun 24, 2015, 15:28 UTC · re: Johannes Löthberg · lore

Re: Untracked files when git status executed on a new folder

Hi all, sorry for not having sent these informations in my first e-mail. I'm working on a Debian Jessie laptop, with git version 2.1.4. I watched the same behavior in a workmate's laptop which uses last version of Ubuntu, but now I cannot contact him to get git version.

Afger "apt-get update" and "apg-get install --only-upgrade git", the response is that I have the latest git version, what sounds strange to me if you say you use version 2.4.4.

Thanks!!

Víctor

On Tue, 2015-06-23 at 18:54 +0200, Johannes Löthberg wrote:

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> On 23/06, Víctor Martín Hernández wrote:
> >Hi all.
> >Today I've had an unexpected behaviour that I'm not sure if is a bug or
> >I'm not doing git best practices... (surely the latest...)
> >The sequence of actions is :
> >
> >1. create a new subfolder of my local repository branch
> >2. cd to this new folder, and create a new file
> >3. execute git status from the new folder
> >
> >Doing that, the new folder doesn't appear as untracked.
> >
> >4. cd ..
> >5. git status
> >In this case, the new folder appears.
> >
> >If I create a new folder on the same level that the new one created in
> >step 1, cd into it, and execute git status, the folder created in step 1
> >appears as untracked.
> >
> 
> Can't reproduce on Git 2.4.4/Linux, which Git version and platform are 
> you using?
>

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---
Víctor Martín Hernández

R&D Software Engineer
Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (ICE/CSIC), and 
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)

Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans, s/n
08193  Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) - Barcelona
Tel. : +34 93 586 8782
Web:   http://gwart.ice.cat/