Retrieving a Repository's Status

The git status command#

As is often the case, git status is your friend when retrieving a repository’s status:

1   git status

Remember this command! A quick git status has gotten me out of many sticky situations with Git by telling me what was going on and what to do next.

Here, it’s telling you where the HEAD is pointing at (the non-existent master branch) and that there is nothing to commit.

Status after creating a new file#

Create a file and check the status again:

2   touch mycode.py
3   git status

Untracked file(s)#

You are now informed that you have an untracked file. Git has detected that it exists, but the repository is not aware of it. To make Git aware of it, you will have to add it to the repository.