Lesson 1 Episode 2 — Stop tracking changes in a file

Please perform the following tasks individually

1. Revise the commands we have used since the last exercise. Could you use a shell command for this?

2. Ask Git for the current state of the repository using…

3. Stop tracking the file directory/emptyfile.txt

   Caution

   Be mindful of not deleting the file!

4. Verify the result of your action using…

Formulate your own explanation of what you have observed The following questions are two sides of the same coin:

• What did you ask Git to do?

• What did Git do for you?