Question

when i enter “git status” i see something like:

C:\cygwin\home\GIT\webapps>git status
# On branch webapp_633
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#       renamed:    dir/another_dir/then_another_dir/dir_AGAIN/file.jsp -> dir/another_dir/then_another_dir/dir_AGAIN2/file.jsp
#       renamed:    dir/another_dir/then_another_dir/dir_AGAIN/file2.jsp -> dir/another_dir/then_another_dir/dir_AGAIN2/file2.jsp
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#       dir/another_dir/then_another_dir/target
#       dir/dir/another_dir/then_another_dir/target
#       dir/dir/dir/another_dir/then_another_dir/target
#       dir/dir/dir/dir/another_dir/then_another_dir/target
#       dir/dir/another_dir/then_another_dir/dir/target

normally i just use “git commit -m “message”” to commit all the files, but here i only renamed 2 files, i looked in the /target folders and theres nothing that needs to be committed.

any help?

Answer 1

The untracked files won’t be committed, so you can just do:

git commit -m "message"

If you need to commit the untracked files, you will first need to add them with git add first.

I recommend http://think-like-a-git.net/