I just made a commit, so why does VS Code still show that asterisk (*) on my branch name? A debugging journey through Git's "deleted" file status and what to do about it.
Backend Dev: "I just created a Postman collection in my backend worktree, and now Git is showing the entire postman/ folder as untracked files! I thought API testing folders were supposed to be gitignored automatically?"
DevOps Mentor: "Ah, you've discovered one of the subtle quirks of Git worktrees! Even though worktrees share the same repository, they each need proper .gitignore configuration. Let me show you what's happening!"