Managing Files - Git Recipes - page 117

be committed)
# (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard
changes in working directory)
#
#

modified: modified.txt

#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or
"git commit -a")

tells you that modified.txt file was modified but was not staged for
commit. Notice that as in Recipe 4-1, the file is listed under changes not
staged for commit .
3. Check the simplified form of status. The output of $ git status -s
will be:

_M modified.txt

The state is indicated by two characters: a space and the letter M . Again, I
used the underscore instead of a space.

4. Add modified.txt to the staging area with $ git add modi-
fied.txt
5. Check the status with the $ git status command. The output:

# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
# (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

#
# modified: modified.txt

#

The file is now listed as Changes to be committed .
6. Check the simplified form of status with the $ git status -s com-
mand. The output will be:

M_ modified.txt

The state is denoted by two characters: the letter M and a space.