title: There is an apparent contradiction between the two statements below
body: <p>These are my first steps into <code>git</code>, and I have just started reading <a href="https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2" rel="nofollow">this link</a>. In <a href="https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Recording-Changes-to-the-Repository" rel="nofollow">2.2 Git Basics - Recording Changes to the Repository</a>, you'll find this statement:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>When you first clone a repository, all of your files will be <strong>tracked</strong>
    and unmodified because <strong>Git just checked them out</strong> and you haven’t
    edited anything.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>A few lines down the page, you'll find this:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Checking the Status of Your Files  </p>
    
    <p>The main tool you use to determine which files are in which state is
    the git status command. If you run this command directly after a
    clone, you should see something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git status
  On branch master
  Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
  nothing to commit, working directory clean
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>This means you have a clean working directory – in other words, there
    are <strong>no tracked</strong> and modified files.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Apparently there is an inconsistency between the words <strong>tracked</strong> and <strong>no tracked</strong> highlighted above</p>
  
  <p>Maybe I'm missing something, but as far as I can understand, I would say that the phrase  </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>This means you have a clean working directory – in other words, there
    are no tracked and modified files.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>should be replaced by  </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>This means you have a clean working directory – in other words, there
    are no <strong>un</strong>tracked <strong>or</strong> modified files.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I also have doubts about the meaning of the expression <strong>Git just checked them out</strong> used in the first transcript. I'm speculating here, but does this expression mean that any change in a file, made immediately after the cloning of the repository, can be committed without staging?</p>