Same files listed as both untracked and deleted

Question

Running git status in a Git repository, I get:

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use \"git add/rm ...\" to update what will be commi         


        

Answer 1

I had a very similar problem, discussed here Git doesn't stage my files any longer, and reports them as both "deleted" and "untracked". Why is that, and how to avoid it?

I found that :

• Using git add --all worked fine to stage

• Using git add -A did not work... even if it is supposed to be equivalent to the first

• Putting blank space may have been your problem, but it was not what caused mine :( it remains unresolved. FYI, I am working on Mac OS 10.10

• I still have the problem any time I add my file with the simple command git add filename (without space), and still resolve it by adding everything (git add --all) So it is a little bit of a hassle (for both being not handy, and remaining unexplained) but still I can go on with my work.

Here is the illustration of what worked, what did not, what recreated the problem, and what solved it back:

$ git add --all
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage)

    modified:   Challenge28.py
    modified:   ch28_NN.py

$ git add Challenge28.py
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage)

    deleted:    .gitignore
    modified:   Challenge28.py
    deleted:    ch28_NN.py
    deleted:    requirements.txt

Untracked files:
  (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)

    .gitignore
    ch28_NN.py
    requirements.txt

$ git add --all
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage)

    modified:   Challenge28.py
    modified:   ch28_NN.py

$ git add Challenge28.py
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage)

    deleted:    .gitignore
    deleted:    Challenge28.py
    deleted:    ch28_NN.py
    deleted:    requirements.txt

Untracked files:
  (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)

    .gitignore
    Challenge28.py
    ch28_NN.py
    requirements.txt

$ git add -A
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage)

    deleted:    .gitignore
    deleted:    Challenge28.py
    deleted:    ch28_NN.py
    deleted:    requirements.txt

Untracked files:
  (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)

    .gitignore
    Challenge28.py
    ch28_NN.py
    requirements.txt

$ git add --all
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage)

    modified:   Challenge28.py
    modified:   ch28_NN.py