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title: Git
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FILE TAGS: git
tags:
  - git
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## Overview

Files in the working directory are in one of two states:

* **Tracked** - files that were in the last snapshot or newly staged.
* **Untracked** - files in the working directory that aren't tracked.

Tracked files may be unmodified, modified, or staged.

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Files in the working directory are in one of what two states?
Back: Tracked and untracked.
Reference: Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).
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What is a tracked file?
Back: A file that is staged or exists in the latest snapshot.
Reference: Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).
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Basic
What is an untracked file?
Back: A file that is neither staged nor exists in the latest snapshot.
Reference: Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).
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Basic
What three statuses can a tracked file be in?
Back: Unmodified, modified, and staged.
Reference: Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).
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Basic
What does it mean for a tracked file to be unmodified?
Back: The version in the working directory is the same as in the last snapshot.
Reference: Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).
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Basic
What does it mean for a tracked file to be modified?
Back: The version in the working directory is different from that in the last snapshot.
Reference: Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).
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What does it mean for a tracked file to be staged?
Back: The version in the working directory has been added to the index.
Reference: Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).
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Basic
How do you convert an untracked file to a tracked file?
Back: Stage the file.
Reference: Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).
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Basic
What operation converts an unmodified file to a modified file?
Back: Editing the file.
Reference: Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).
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## Bibliography

* Scott Chacon, *Pro Git*, Second edition, The Expert’s Voice in Software Development (New York, NY: Apress, 2014).