Untracked files after git add

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Whenever I use 'git add X' and then when I run git status it shows the file is in the staging area but there's an untracked file named 'X~'. Why does this happen and what exactly does it mean?

I know vim can do that (see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/607435/why-does-vim-save-files-with-a-extension). — guessimtoolate, Feb 28 '16 at 08:52

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '16 at 08:23

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Some text editors (for example, gedit) make backup copies of files you edit. They save them under name <original-file-name>~.

You have two options:

1) configure your editor not to save backup copies, or

2) add line *~ to the file .gitignore.

answered Feb 28 '16 at 08:23

Oleg Andriyanov

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '16 at 08:23

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It can be left as a backup file by a text editor.

You can add *~ to your .gitignore, in order for git status to ignore those files.

answered Feb 28 '16 at 08:23

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Untracked files after git add

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