How to track the password-store in git

Question

I have started using pass, which creates a .password-store directory, with some .gpg files. Strangely enough:

» git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working directory clean

Right after creating a new entry, which is in the tree:

» tree 
.
└── flights
    └── vueling.gpg

My .gitignore has nothing special:

» cat .gitignore 
*~

Why is git not seeing this .gpg file? How can I track it?

Forcing it does nothing:

» git add -f flights/
» git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working directory clean

Answer 1

Funnily enough, it seems pass detects that the password store is a git repository and auto-commits the newly added password.