$ git status
Untracked files: notes.txt
MODULE 01 · 5 MIN READ
git status — your compass
Let's create a file and ask Git what it thinks of it.
git bash
$ touch notes.txt ← creates an empty file
$ git status
Untracked files:
notes.txt
touch isn't a git command — it just creates an empty file, and it works because you're in Git Bash.
“Untracked”, explained
Untracked means: Git sees a new file on your desk but has no photos of it yet. It's in the red zone — the working directory — and Git is politely pointing that out.
The habit to build today
git status never changes anything. It only tells you which zone every file is in. Run it before and after everything — it's free, it's safe, and it's your compass.
“When lost → run status.”
practice terminal — you cannot break it
type help for commandsa tiny simulated laptop. six commands, zero consequences.
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// try: touch notes.txt, then git status