Why does “git status” show way too much untracked files?

Question

Answer in the bottom.

I am trying to see the status of my files in the git_test2 directory which contains 3 files named

Answer 1

As you see, file paths starts with ../... Git status always shows all changes in current repositroty, not only in current directory. As you see, it actually shows changes in repository, in which you are at least 2 folders deep. But there are no files test1.txt.

So, check with pwd that you're in right directory (maybe you're in another repo currently).