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 15:00:10 EST (-0500)
  Re: Nope, I STILL don't understand git branches  
From: Bill Pragnell
Date: 24 Jan 2026 17:40:00
Message: <web.69754a1a461f9d4e95258fa76f35e431@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:25:51 EST, Bill Pragnell wrote:
>
> > Yes, this was my first thought - you need to commit your changes to the
> > current branch or nothing gets tracked. Use 'git add <...>' to stage the
> > changes, 'git commit' to commit them.
>
> IIRC, 'git status' will show if that's the case, as it shows untracked
> files.

Yep, 'git status' with no other args will list staged files, changed tracked
files and untracked files in separate sections.

This scenario sounds like there would just be items in the 'changes' section,
since these are changes to tracked files. A newly added file would appear in
untracked files.

Bill


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