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Git Add

Once you’ve made changes in your project, the next step is to stage those changes using git add. This prepares them to be included in your next commit.

What Does Git Add Do?​

Git add moves changes from the Working Directory to the Staging Area. If you edit a file and don’t run git add, the changes will not be added to your next commit.

Examples​

Add a single file

git add <filename>

Add multiple files

git add file1.txt file2.txt

Add all changes

git add .

Add all changes (including deletions)

git add -A

Add Your First Change​

  1. Open terminal and navigate to the git-101 repo
cd projects/git-101
  1. Create a file:
echo "Hello Git" > message.txt
  1. Check the status:
git status

Output:

Untracked files:
  message.txt
  1. Stage the file:
git add message.txt
  1. Check status again:
git status

Output:

Changes to be committed:
  new file: message.txt

Staging Workflow​