Git의 작업 트리는 개발자가 실제로 편집하는 파일입니다. 커밋 스냅샷과 비교하면 수정·삭제·새 파일을 구분할 수 있습니다.
데모는 파일을 고치면 작업 트리의 상태가 바뀌지만 아직 커밋에는 들어가지 않는 흐름입니다. 변경을 보존하려면 원하는 내용만 인덱스에 올려야 합니다.
언제 쓰나
git status에 표시되는 파일 변경의 위치를 이해할 때 기본이 됩니다.
현재 디스크의 파일 상태로, 마지막 체크아웃과 다른 변경이 여기에 나타납니다.
<div class="demo files"><div class="heading"><strong>WORKING TREE</strong><span class="live">LIVE</span></div><div class="scene"><div class="diagram compare">
<div class="pane">HEAD<span class="box cue " data-cue="0">app.ts · v1</span><code>color = green</code></div>
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<div class="pane">DISK<span class="box cue " data-cue="1,2">app.ts · v2</span><code class="changed">color = blue</code></div>
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@media(max-width:350px){.demo{padding:8px}.diagram{font-size:12px}.folder{gap:2px}.folder small{display:none}.arrow{font-size:15px}.graph-row b{width:38px}.diff-card{padding:3px 5px}}const moments=[{"focus":0,"label":"Commit stores v1"},{"focus":1,"label":"Disk starts at v1"},{"focus":2,"label":"Editor writes v2 to disk"},{"focus":3,"label":"Git sees an unstaged change"}];let n=0;const cues=[...document.querySelectorAll('[data-cue]')],ticks=[...document.querySelectorAll('.ticks i')],caption=document.getElementById('caption'),dynamic=document.querySelector('.dynamic');function show(){const m=moments[n];cues.forEach(el=>el.classList.toggle('active',el.dataset.cue.split(',').includes(String(m.focus))));if(dynamic&&m.cells)dynamic.textContent=m.cells[m.cells.length-1];ticks.forEach((el,i)=>el.classList.toggle('active',i===n));caption.textContent=m.label;n=(n+1)%moments.length}show();let timer=setInterval(show,1050);document.querySelector('.demo').addEventListener('pointerdown',()=>{clearInterval(timer);show()})Git의 작업 트리는 개발자가 실제로 편집하는 파일입니다. 커밋 스냅샷과 비교하면 수정·삭제·새 파일을 구분할 수 있습니다.
데모는 파일을 고치면 작업 트리의 상태가 바뀌지만 아직 커밋에는 들어가지 않는 흐름입니다. 변경을 보존하려면 원하는 내용만 인덱스에 올려야 합니다.
git status에 표시되는 파일 변경의 위치를 이해할 때 기본이 됩니다.