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Shows which files in a Git repository have been modified and/or staged and what state they are in since the last commit

This is the main tool in to see the status of the files on the stage and what state they are in.

Running this command will tell you what tracked files have been added, deleted or modified since the last commit.

On a fresh repo or branch, you should see the following: 

$ git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

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How to check github commit history from all branches of a repository?

We had a repository in GitHub with nearly 10-15 branches, developers are committed nearly 3-4 branches on a typical day. I need to check who is committed and who is not from all those branches. please guide me, how i can do this.
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git status without default upstream doesnt give full repo comparison information; workaround?

The working repo in my local system has 2 remote repos (stage and live). I want to push to them individually, to stage while developing and to live when code is ready. Hence I can't set a default upstream. Because of this I dont get the message…
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Filter git status by not showing ignored files/folders

Is there a way in git to filter git status by not showing ignored files/folders I have gone through the documentation for .gitignore. I dint find any solution for this. I added few files and directories in .git/info/exclude file in order not to…
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Git seems to track every single file on drive

For some reason when I set up my git repository git clone lists all the files in that particular drive, i.e. % git status # On branch master # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add/rm ..." to update what will be committed) # …
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$git status returning FATAL not a git repository

Hey guys I'm learning git and using this tutorial https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Clone+Your+Git+Repo+and+Add+Source+Files. I'm on step 3 and I just added a file. But when id do $git status it returns fatal not a git repository.…
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git-pull omits a file

Git is saying everything is up to date but there is a file missing on one node's copy of the source tree. On system A: $ ls -l abc.py xyz.py $ git add xyz.py $ git status nothing added to commit... $ git commit nothing added to commit... $ git…
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git ignore a directory not working

so I created a new directory called "Repository" WITHOUT adding, committing, and pushing I then added this to my .gitignore /home/users/user/httpdocs/Repository/* /home/users/user/httpdocs/Repository I also did this cd…
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Did I just lose every change I ever made in git?

I was working on a project last night and committing all my changes but NOT checking them in to the repo, which is my bad. However this morning I had a small issue with object file is empty and followed the steps in the answer (deleting the damaged…
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The command git status result message not showing modified file in console

I'm new to git. I was going through an exercise and noticed something strange happening. The modified line is not showing in the console when I tried to check the status. It looks like this on my screen: # On branch master # Changes not staged for…
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machine parsable method of comparing the current branch to the local view of the tracking branch

I need a machine parsable way of comparing the current branch to the local copy of the tracking branch. These are the ideas I've tried, with their caveats: git status: not guaranteed to stay the same between different versions of git git status…
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Git-status, partial folder report

Is there a way to tell git-status to ignore the contents of specific folders when invoked from outside of these folders? I would like to see the changes I made in these folders only when I enter them and call git-status. If possible I would like to…
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How to remove local untracked files from the current Git branch using Windows Command prompt

:git status On branch main Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'. Untracked files: (use "git add ..." to include in what will be…
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.vs showing as untracked file in git bash - what do i do?

I have recently cloned a repo from git and havn't yet made any changes, all I have done is open the code up in VS19. In git bash i typed 'git status' and there is an untracked file im not sure what to do with. Can anyone suggest please? $ git…
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get the action has been performed for particular commit in git

In my local git repository,i have more than one commits for a file. How can i get status/action has been performed on that commit.I mean, how can i know on a particular commit,is that file added newly or is it been modified or is it been labeled..i…
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git merge in branch in which directory that I created new files in has been moved

I want to merge in a branch in which a directory has been moved, and I have added files in this directory in my branch. However, when I tried to do this, the new files in my branch were not moved to the new directory. I am not sure whether this is…
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