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> A nice way to see the pathspecs in action is using git ls-files. That command lists all the files in the staging area,

This should read "That command lists all the files in the _working directory_"

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I don't think it's the working directory. AFAIK, ls-files will only list files that are known to Git (i.e., files that have been `git add`). ls-files won't list files that are not known to Git, even if they're present in the working directory.

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