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The **Changes** section is the list of what changed in the project repository since the last commit — plus
what Git doesn't track yet and what is in conflict.

## Reading the list

The files appear grouped by situation, and the grouping is what matters:

| Group | What it is |
|---|---|
| **Conflicted** | The file has unresolved conflict markers; it is the group that blocks the rest |
| **Staged** | What the next commit will carry |
| **Modified** | Tracked files with changes that haven't entered the commit yet |
| **Untracked** | Files Git doesn't track yet |

Two controls change only the reading:

- **Filter by name** — narrows the list to what matches the term. With no result, the panel says that no
  file has that name, instead of showing an empty list with no explanation.
- **List shape** — toggles between **List** and **Tree**. In repositories with many files in
  different folders, the tree groups by directory.

## Opening the diff

Each row has its own actions, in the context menu:

- **View the diff** — opens the file comparison.
- **Show in Files** — takes the file to the file tree, already pointed at.
- **Copy the path** — puts the path in your mental terminal, ready to paste into a command.

The diff is reading: opening a file's comparison does **not** change the index nor write anything to the
project.

## Submodules

When what changed is inside a submodule, the row can be expanded to show what changed in
there. It is worth knowing the difference: the outer repository can record the submodule's **commit
change**, but it cannot stage the dirty files inside it. That is why the panel treats those
rows as read-only, instead of offering a button that would fail.

## Scope and limits

- **The three groups are not the same thing to Git.** An untracked file has no previous version
  to compare against; its diff is the entire content. A conflicted file has a special state, and its
  handling is different — that is why it appears separately.
- **A deleted file is not inferred.** The panel does not guess the content of a file that no longer exists
  on disk.
- **The list may take a while to reflect an external command.** If you changed the repository from the
  terminal, use **Re-read git state** in the panel header: the automatic re-read is spaced out on purpose
  so as not to weigh on large repositories.
- **A file that vanished from disk may appear as an untracked deletion** and not as a modification.

## Next steps

- [Stage and create a commit](/docs/en/fluxos/git-preparar-e-commitar/)