Git areas

• There are 3 areas

• Working directory: The files the appear in the folder to the user

• ls
• Staging area (index): Prepare file to be inserted/extracted to/from git repo
• git ls-files
• Git repository: Where the git objects live
• find .git/objects -type f

File tracking statuses

1. Untracked
2. New files added to working dir
3. Modified
4. Committed file, but there is a newer version
5. Deleted
6. Committed file, but it has been removed from working directory
7. Staged
8. When a file (untracked or modified) is added to staging area
9. Unmodified

10. Committed file, and there is no newer version. These files are not shown in git status

11. A tracked file (modified, staged or unmodified) can also be untracked again