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After making a few changes within a repo, when I run a git status I get the following:
Untracked files: (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)
"etting\357\200\233\357\200\233\357\200\233\357\200\233\357\200\272"
This file does not exist. I'm not sure where the seemingly random numbers come from. Oddly, it's also surrounded in quotes. The status does also correctly show my modified files.
What could cause this? I've had it happen a few times before and had to perform a reset to return to a correct state. Is it possible the repo is corrupted in some way?
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Untracked basically means that Git sees a file you didn't have in the previous snapshot (commit), and which hasn't yet been staged; Git won't start including it in your commit snapshots until you explicitly tell it to do so.
You have to add the untracked files of the repository by using the “git add” command and run the “git stash” command to save the untracked file and clean the current directory for working by removing the untracked file from the repository folder.
If you add an untracked file like ":q" it reports as "\357\200\272q" .
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You probably are committing a file you accidentally made called: "etting::::" or something similar. I had "c/357\200\272" because I accidentally made a file called 'c:' in that directory.
Just list what you have in that directory and you'll probably see the file that doesn't belong. Remove and you should be good.
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