Add and tracked files
Git is a content tracker. So let’s add some content.
Create a few text files to keep notes on the commands we’re learning.
touch git-init.txt git-status.txt git-add.txt
Run git status
to see what’s changed.
Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) git-add.txt git-init.txt git-status.txt
Note the addition of the Untracked files
section.
We now have files that can be added to git index.
Use git add <file>
to do so.
git add git-add.txt
Run git status
again to
Changes to be committed: (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage) new file: git-add.txt
Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) git-init.txt git-status.txt
Now we see an additional section Changes to be comitted
.
Adding all changes
I’d be pretty irritated to add files one-by-one. Fortunately, Git gives us a number of options.
Most common is is the shortgut add.
Using .
adds all of the files in your working directory.
git add .
You can also use globs to select groupings of similar files.
Say, I wanted to only files with a .txt
suffix.
git add '*.txt'# don't forget the quotes when using globs
Assignment #1
Use the different approaches to add
files to the staging area.
Assignment #2
You may need to remove changes as well. Run git status
to discover the command git recommends for this.
Assignment #3
Check out the documentation for git-add
by running git help add
.
There’s an interactive mode that I use quite frequently but won’t cover in this guide.