Added git 'status' and 'branch' to beginning of guide.

Author: brucestull

0 General/11 Git Lab Workflow.md

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 * Replace the `<new-branch-name>` items below with your appropriate formed `<studentdirectoryname-labnumber-lab-name>` branch name.
 * An example `<new-branch-name>` would be `bruce-lab01-python-exercise`
 
+1. It's good practice to get the current git status to see what branch is current, what files have been changed, and other details:  
+    `git status`
+
+1. Reminder, git branch can be used to see our current branch and other available local branches:  
+    `git branch`
+
 1. Checkout the `main` branch since we want to keep it syncronized with remote:  
     `git checkout main`
+
 1. Retrieve the remote changes to `main` branch and sync them to local repository:  
     `git pull origin main`
+
 1. Create a new branch `<new-branch-name>` from current state of `main` branch:  
     `git checkout -b <new-branch-name>`
+
 1. Do some code changes.
+
 1. Add all the changes made to git tracking (or add only `<filename>` or `<directoryname>` changes):  
     `git add -A`
+
 1. Commit the changes made to the branch:  
     `git commit -m <commit message>`
+
 1. Push local changes to branch `<new-branch-name>` to the remote repository `origin`:  
     `git push origin <new-branch-name>`
+
 1. Do some more code changes.
+
 1. Add all the changes made to git tracking:  
     `git add -A`
+
 1. Commit the changes made to the branch:  
     `git commit -m <commit message>`
+
 1. Push local changes to branch `<new-branch-name>` to the remote repository `origin`:  
     `git push origin <new-branch-name>`
+
 1. When lab is completed, [create pull request on GitHub](10%20GitHub%20Pull%20Request.md).
+
 1. After lab has been graded and pull request approved, perform the following two commands to remove the reference to the remote branch, and then delete your local branch:  
     1. `git remote update origin --prune`
     1. `git branch -d <graded-and-merged-branch-name>`
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 1. Git `add` and `commit` changes to current branch:  
     1. `git add -A`
     1. `git commit -m <commit message>`
+
 1. Checkout the different branch we want to work on:  
     * `git checkout <a-branch-name>`
+
 1. Do the code changes for this branch.
+
 1. Git `add` and `commit` changes to the new current branch `<a-branch-name>`:  
     1. `git add -A`
     1. `git commit -m <commit message>`
+
 1. Checkout some other branch we want to work on:  
     * `git checkout <some-other-branch-name>`
+
 1. Repeat process as needed.
 
 ## Use the following to delete branches for labs which have already been graded.
 * NOTE: We delete the branches after they have been merged into `main` since the work has been completed and all the changes have been recorded in the `commit`s. We no longer need the branches.
 
 1. Sync our local record of remote branches. This will remove local references to branches which have been deleted on remote:  
     * `git remote update origin --prune`
+
 1. Delete the local copy of the branch:  
     * `git branch -d <lab-branch-which-has-been-graded>`