Get status of working folder using git status

The git status command is used to inspect the status of the local working folder and the stage/index, this gives the list of files which are added/modified in the local copy but not reflected in the stage/index.

The following images shows the output of git status command in the following 3 situations.

1.    Working copy is fully in sync with stage/index

2.    Changes are made to the local copy but not committed to stage/index.

3.    Changes are committed to stage/index.