various git states, low-level understanding of git status (head, index, working states)...

Why is the git index file binary?...

How to stage subsequent changes to a file that has already been staged in index?...

Git: What is the index...

Show files that are in Git's index and changed in the working copy...

git - revert update-index/ignored file so I can change branch?...

How does `receive.denyCurrentBranch=updateInstead` interact with the Index?...

If my staging index is empty, why is `git rm` deleting a file that isn't there?...

Why do I need to tell git I've removed a file?...

how to remove untrack changes but keeping indexed changes...

Making clean commits from a mess of changes in the working tree...

Git stash removes added changes...

How many versions of a file are kept in git when that file is modified?...

Where does "git update-index --assume-unchanged file" actually save this information to?...

I ran git update-index --assume-unchanged and now want to get the list of files?...

What are the "lindex", "rindex" and "wtindex" files generated by git d...

How do I remove a modified file from the git index and discard the modifications in a single step?...

How do contents of git index evolve during a merge (and what's in the index after a failed merge...

How to stage line by line in git gui although "No newline at end of file" warning...

Can you stage a file (or at least, a section of a file) DURING a git diff?...

Git: change only posix permission of file in index...

Why staging directory is also called Index/Git Index?...

what is "stat information" in a git index?...

How to undo git update-index?...

Git: How does git remember the index for each branch?...

What is the difference between the working directory and the git Index?...