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diff --git a/‎lib/git/repo.py‎
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diff --git a/‎test/git/test_repo.py‎
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@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Repo
   - archive_tar_gz and archive_tar and replaced by archive method with different signature
 * 'commits' method has no max-count of returned commits anymore, it now behaves 
  like git-rev-list
+* 'untracked_files' property added, returning all currently untracked files
 
 Diff
 ----
 
@@ -285,6 +285,37 @@ def is_dirty(self):
 			return False
 
 		return len(self.git.diff('HEAD', '--').strip()) > 0
+		
+	@property
+	def untracked_files(self):
+		"""
+		Returns
+			list(str,...)
+			
+			Files currently untracked as they have not been staged yet. Paths 
+			are relative to the current working directory of the git command.
+			
+		Note
+			ignored files will not appear here, i.e. files mentioned in .gitignore
+		"""
+		# make sure we get all files, no only untracked directores
+		proc = self.git.commit(untracked_files=True, as_process=True)
+		stream = iter(proc.stdout)
+		untracked_files = list()
+		for line in stream:
+			if not line.startswith("# Untracked files:"):
+				continue
+			# skip two lines
+			stream.next()
+			stream.next()
+			
+			for untracked_info in stream:
+				if not untracked_info.startswith("#\t"):
+					break
+				untracked_files.append(untracked_info.replace("#\t", "").rstrip())
+			# END for each utracked info line
+		# END for each line
+		return untracked_files
 
 	@property
 	def active_branch(self):
 
@@ -225,3 +225,28 @@ def test_should_display_blame_information(self, git):
 		assert_true( tlist )
 		assert_true( isinstance( tlist[0], basestring ) )
 		assert_true( len( tlist ) < sum( len(t) for t in tlist ) )				 # test for single-char bug
+		
+	def test_untracked_files(self):
+		base = self.repo.git.git_dir
+		files = (base+"/__test_myfile", base+"/__test_other_file")
+		num_recently_untracked = 0
+		try:
+			for fpath in files:
+				fd = open(fpath,"wb")
+				fd.close()
+			# END for each filename
+			untracked_files = self.repo.untracked_files
+			num_recently_untracked = len(untracked_files)
+			
+			# assure we have all names - they are relative to the git-dir
+			num_test_untracked = 0
+			for utfile in untracked_files:
+				num_test_untracked += os.path.join(base, utfile) in files
+			assert len(files) == num_test_untracked
+		finally:
+			for fpath in files:
+				if os.path.isfile(fpath):
+					os.remove(fpath)
+		# END handle files 
+		
+		assert len(self.repo.untracked_files) == (num_recently_untracked - len(files))