I'm new to Git. I wish to know what are tracked and untracked files? I read "Pro Git", but still couldn't quite understand. Can someone explain to me the difference between the two by providing a...

Is it possible to skip the staging area and (also) commit untracked, new files to git in a single built-in, command-line command ? If not, what are the alternatives ? http://git-scm.com/book/en/G...

when I did git status, there are both tracked and untracked files. Early the day, I just learned that git stash --include-untracked would stash the untracked files. It worked for me at that time. S...

So I'm learning the joys of git add -p. I used to use Sourcetree or similar GUI tool to review changes as part of git add, but now I'm getting better with it on the command line. However, I'm frus...

git status shows directory (e.g smaller_fc) is untracked. However, I want to see exactly which files inside the directories (e.g smaller_fc) are untracked. I would like to know if .gitignore is i...