When one adds an untracked file, does it not go to staged immediately?

Question

In the diagram shown on the git-scm page, Recording Changes to a Repository, it shows that when an untracked file is added, it moves to the unmodified state.

Is this correct? If I run $ git add myFile then $ git status, it shows that myFile is ready to be committed, which (from my beginner's perspective) looks unintuitive when looking at the diagram on that page.

Is the diagram incorrect, incomplete, or is my understanding of the diagram incorrect? If the latter, please could someone explain what is meant.

Answer 1

When you git add a new previously untracked file, it is staged immediately (the blue stage in the image). The diagram is misleading in that regard, but the text on that page says as much under the paragraph Tracking New Files.