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Status

To get a quick bearing of your version control surroundings, you can use the git status command.

git status

This command will provide you with an overview of e.g. which files:

  • Have been changed;
  • Have been newly added;
  • Have been deleted.

Running the command will provide something in line with the following information:

On branch development
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        modified:   docs/git_repository/status.md

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        docs/git_repository/abu_bakr.md

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