title: git clone followed by status shows untracked files
body: <p>Sorry, I'm a git newbie (though I'm very familiar with older source control systems like cvs and svn) ...</p>
  
  <p>My ultimate goal is to add a file to a remote repository (one not on my machine) by cloning that remote repository locally, adding the file to the local repository, committing my change, and then pushing my local repository back to the remote.</p>
  
  <p>I tried this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>git clone ssh://user@server/Users/GitRepo/Project.git
  &lt;create file locally&gt;
  git add &lt;localfile&gt;
  git commit -m "Narg"
  git push
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it just says "Everything up to date".</p>
  
  <p>So I tried going step-by-step, and got even more confused.</p>
  
  <pre><code>git clone ssh://user@server/Users/GitRepo/Project.git
  git status
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And it tells me</p>
  
  <pre><code># Not currently on any branch
  # Untracked files:
    followed by a long list of Untracked files.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which seems really strange, why would the files be untracked if I just cloned the repository?</p>
  
  <p>If it's important, the remote repository is brand-new, created via svn2git.</p>
  
  <p>If I type </p>
  
  <pre><code>git remote show origin
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it tells me</p>
  
  <pre><code>* remote origin
    Fetch URL: ssh://user@server/Users/GitRepo/Project.git
    Push  URL: ssh://user@server/Users/GitRepo/Project.git
  HEAD branch: master
  Remote branch:
     master tracked
  Local branch configured for 'git pull':
     master merges with remote master
  Local ref configured for 'git push':
     master pushed to master (up to date)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and if I type</p>
  
  <pre><code>git branch -a
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it tells me</p>
  
  <pre><code>* (no branch)
  master
  remotes/GitRepo/master
  remotes/origin/HEAD -&gt; origin/master
  remotes/origin/master
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So am I just confused, and everything is actually working correctly?  Or am I doing the git commands wrong?  Or did I create the repository incorrectly, so no git commands will ever work properly?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Chris</p>