John Blischak Clarify explanation of file edits in the working directory.  about 9 years ago

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Now you're ready to start tracking your code.  This requires a basic understanding of how Git tracks your files and the edits you make to them (Figure 1).  Unsaved files and/or edits are in the working directory.  This is similar to how you have worked before, i.e. edits to files in the working directory are permanent and previous versions are  not saved (unless you explicitly direct Git to do so). To follow what Git is doing as we save the initial version of our files, we'll use the informative command \verb|git status|.  \begin{lstlisting}