Do, git add . while in the root of the repository. It will add everything. If you do git add *, it will only add the files * points to. The single dot refers to the directory. If your directory or file wasn’t added to git index/repo after the above command, remember to check if … Read more
[*] git commit -a means almost[*] the same thing as git add -u && git commit. It’s not the same as git add . as this would add untracked files that aren’t being ignored, git add -u only stages changes (including deletions) to already tracked files. [*] There’s a subtle difference if you’re not at … Read more
You should be able to recover any files back that you added to the index (e.g, as in your situation, with git add .) although it might be a bit of work. In order to add a file to the index, git adds it to the object database, which means it can be recovered so … Read more
When I tried git add -p someNewFile.txt on a new file (an untracked file), git would simply output No changes. and stop. I had to tell git that I intended to track the new file first. git add -N someNewFile.txt git add -p However, since the file was untracked, it would show up as one … Read more
add * means add all files in the current directory, except for files whose name begin with a dot. This is your shell functionality and Git only ever receives a list of files. add . has no special meaning in your shell, and thus Git adds the entire directory recursively, which is almost the same, … Read more
It’s easy with git add -i. Type a (for “add untracked”), then * (for “all”), then q (to quit) and you’re done. To do it with a single command: echo -e “a\n*\nq\n”|git add -i
Try: git add -A Warning: Starting with git 2.0 (mid 2013), this will always stage files on the whole working tree. If you want to stage files under the current path of your working tree, you need to use: git add -A . Also see: Difference of git add -A and git add .
when you change a file which is already in the repository, you have to git add it again if you want it to be staged. This allows you to commit only a subset of the changes you made since the last commit. For example, let’s say you have file a, file b and file c. … Read more
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Use git rm foo to stage the file for deletion. (This will also delete the file from the file system, if it hadn’t been previously deleted. It can, of course, be restored from git, since it was previously checked in.) To stage the file for deletion without deleting it from the file system, use git … Read more