Getting odd results when trying to commit a single change (multiple files listed that I have not changed)

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  • We have a large, central data team that contains multiple subteams (data engineering, data governance etc.).
  • To serve the data team, we have created 1 Looker project, containing multiple model files (one model for each subteam).
  • Each team has a folder that contains their model file and associated views and explores.
  • I have made some changes to one of the models (deleted a view file).
  • But when I go to commit changes, the list of files shown below the commit message is really long and contains files from other folders/subteams - in other words, it is listing files that I haven’t changed, but that I assume have been changed by other developers in the overall project.

Is this normal? When I have committed changes in the past, the list of files shown below the commit message have always corresponded to changes that I have made on my personal branch.

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UPDATE: this has now been resolved. Turns out a subteams folders had been accidentally dragged from the root directory and into another subteams folder - this made it seem as though all the files for both folders had changed, which was why they were being flagged during the commit.