Git: file "changed but not updated"

Question

What does "Changed but not updated mean"? These files are in git, they've been modified but when I run "git status," these changes appear under "Changed but not updated" instead of "Changes to be commited."

# On branch master # Changes to be committed: #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) # # modified:   breakouts/views.py # # Changed but not updated: #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified:   templates/registration/login.html # modified:   templates/registration/registration.html  # Untracked files: #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # # context_processors.py # static/#css.css# 

Since they've already been added why aren't they "Changes to committed"?

Answer 1

You have to use git add every time OR use git commit -a or git commit --all instead of plain git commit.

from Git docs:

 -a --all   Tell the command to automatically stage files that have been modified   and deleted, but new files you have not told git about are not affected. 

add is basically the "take notice of this file/directory" command. Not CVS's or subversion's track changes to this file.

Answer 2

Every time you modify a file, you have to add it using git add to be able to commit it, even if you did add it at the beginning.