POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Nope, I STILL don't understand git branches : Re: Nope, I STILL don't understand git branches Server Time
27 Jan 2026 13:24:41 EST (-0500)
  Re: Nope, I STILL don't understand git branches  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 24 Jan 2026 20:21:02
Message: <69756ffe$1@news.povray.org>
On 2026-01-23 20:15 (-4), Mr wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>
>> I might be mistaken (it's WAY to early in the morning for me to be
>> thinking about this), but if the file isn't added to the repo and just
>> lives within the directory, then I don't think any changes get tracked,
>> and this is the behavior you would probably see.
>>
>> Make sure you use `git add <filename>` for anything you want change
>> tracking enabled.
> 
> Also I don't know how bad you feel about using GUI, but I love Git-Cola for
> spotting that kind of issue.

Git-Cola has been wonderful, and it works seemlessly with the CLI.  But
the files in question *are* being tracked.


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