Git Version Control Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

First, we'll edit and add foo:

$ echo "And another line" >> foo
$ git add foo

Change foo some more, but don't add it to the staging area:

$ echo "Last line ...so far" >> foo

Create a new file called test:

$ touch test

The git status command will show us the status:

$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
    
  Changes to be committed:
    (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
    
      modified:   foo
    
  Changes not staged for commit:
    (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
    (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
    
      modified:   foo
    
  Untracked files:
    (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
    
      test

We can set the color.ui configuration to ...