gistfile1.txt

-> cd example/
www-data @ dev [ /tmp/example ]
-> echo "some stuff" > somefile
www-data @ dev [ /tmp/example ]
-> git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/example/.git/
www-data @ dev [ /tmp/example ] (master #%)
-> git add somefile
www-data @ dev [ /tmp/example ] (master #)
-> echo "somefile" > .gitignore
www-data @ dev [ /tmp/example ] (master #%)
-> git add .gitignore
www-data @ dev [ /tmp/example ] (master #)
-> git commit -va

  1 adding somefile
  2 # Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
  3 # with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
  4 # On branch master
  5 #
  6 # Initial commit
  7 #
  8 # Changes to be committed:
  9 #   (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
 10 #
 11 #   new file:   .gitignore
 12 #   new file:   somefile
 13 #
 14 diff --git .gitignore .gitignore
 15 new file mode 100644
 16 index 0000000..ebf038b
 17 --- /dev/null
 18 +++ .gitignore
 19 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 20 +somefile
 21 diff --git somefile somefile
 22 new file mode 100644
 23 index 0000000..b5fd817
 24 --- /dev/null
 25 +++ somefile
 26 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 27 +some stuff
".git/COMMIT_EDITMSG" 27L, 575C written                                                     
[master (root-commit) 3219935] adding somefile
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 somefile
www-data @ dev [ /tmp/example ] (master)
-> echo "different" > somefile 
www-data @ dev [ /tmp/example ] (master *)
-> git status
# On branch master
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#	modified:   somefile
#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
www-data @ dev [ /tmp/example ] (master *)