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I just started working with Git, and I'm wondering exactly what "git status" is checking. Does it actually hash each tracked file each time it's run, or does it use some hint indicators like modified timestamp and size to judge which files it should scan for modifications?

ymgve
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  • If you can read [the source](https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/wt-status.c) (I can't =)) - the answer is in there. – AD7six Sep 23 '13 at 09:08
  • As an additional question, since the above seems to have partially answered my question - how can I _force_ git to do a full scan of the content of all the files? – ymgve Sep 23 '13 at 09:18
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    Sounds like a separate question to me! :-) – cmbuckley Sep 23 '13 at 09:24

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