Question

When I type ‘git status’
the output is

# On branch master
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#       var/cache/
#       var/locks/
#       var/session/
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

then I try to use

git status var/cache/

and it return

error: pathspec 'var/cache/' did not match any file(s) known to git.

So how could I can check the status at the cache folder and locks folder

Thanks for any advice.

Yuan

Answer 1

Kevin’s answer is absolutely right: In order to be able to track changes in files, you have to tell git that you want to track changes at all.

1. add the directories to the index:
   git add var/cache/
git add var/locks/
git add var/session/

2. commit their current state:
   git commit -m "initial"

3. NOW you are able to ask git for
   git status var/cache
   and git will tell you what has changed.