Short status

Let’s try to see all the possible states of a file.

• Create a new file.
• Create a new file and add it to the staging area.
• Change a file.
• Change a file and add it to the taging area.
• Change a file and add it to the taging area and then change it again.
• Remove a file from the filesystem.
• Run git rm on a file.

Check the status

git status

Check the short status.

git status -s

The run git reset HEAD . and git checkout . and remove the two new files.