Tracked

Learn the tracked file state.

What is a tracked file?

Files that Git monitors are called tracked files. If a file has been committed before or added to the staging area, Git includes it in the tracking process. When you modify a tracked file, Git can detect the change.

# A change in a tracked file
README.md

Tracked files can have states such as committed or modified over time.

Committed and modified states

The committed state means that the current version of a file exists in a commit in Git history. When you edit the file, its working copy differs from the committed version and Git detects it as modified. You can stage the change with git add and create a new commit.

# Stage the change
git add README.md

The file continues to be tracked throughout this process.

Exercise Prepare a change for a new commit

You modified the previously committed profile.html file. Write the command that stages this change.

Show example solution

# Değişikliği sahneye ekle
git add profile.html

Test yourself

What is the state of a previously committed file after you make a change that has not been committed yet?
- New repository
- Ignored
- Untracked
- Modified
Show answer

Modified — The file is already tracked, so it is not untracked. A change after the last commit makes it modified.
Stage a modified file
```
git add ____
```
Show answer
```
git add README.md
```
Tracked file states

Tracked

Monitored by Git
Committed

Recorded in commit history
Modified

Changed after the last commit
git status

Displays file states

Next lesson: Deleting (git rm)

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