[mh] git question

[Jim D. <ji...@du...>]

I'm trying to reconcile in my head a difference between svn and git.

I just made changes to five files.  In git, I did a commit of these five files in a branch called android_updates.
I pushed the branch changes to github://jduda/misterhouse.  I then created a pull request for the git master
to merge into the hollie/misterhouse master branch.  I'm fine with this.

With svn, after I did the commit, my changes were in the mother-ship and I was done.  

With git, it seems that these changes are off "in limbo".  I don't get any indication with a git status
that says there are outstanding commits which are ahead of what is in my master.  As far as git status
is concerned, I am done.  But in reality, I have these changes which are sitting in the wind.

After my commit and push to my github clone, I have this:

linux> git status
# On branch android_updates
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
# nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

It seems to clean to me.  Shouldn't there be something to tell me that I made
commits which are different than the master?  In reality, my sandbox is out-of-sync
with master, which is okay, but how do I know?

Thanks,

Jim