Git add all files modified, deleted, and untracked?

Question

Is there a way to add all files no matter what you do to them whether it be deleted, untracked, etc? like for a commit. I just don't want to have to git add or git rm all my files every time I commit, especially when I'm working on a large product.

Answer 1

Try:

git add -A

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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.

Answer 2

Try

git add -u

The " u " option stands for update. This will update the repo and actually delete files from the repo that you have deleted in your local copy.

git add -u [filename]

to stage a delete to just one file. Once pushed, the file will no longer be in the repo.

Alternatively,

git add -A.

is equivalent to

git add .

git add -u .

Note the extra '.' on git add -A and git add -u

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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.

Answer 3

The following answer only applies to Git version 1.x, but to Git version 2.x.

You want git add -A :

git add -A stages All;

git add. stages new and modified, without deleted;

git add -u stages modified and deleted, without new.

Answer 4

git add --all or git add -A or git add -A. Stages All

git add. Stages New & Modified But Without Deleted

git add -u Stages Modified & Deleted But Without New

git commit -a Means git add -u And git commit -m "message"

After writing this command follow these steps:-

1. press i
2. write your message
3. press esc
4. press : w q
5. press enter

git add <list of files> add specific file

git add *.txt add all the txt files in current directory

git add docs/*/txt add all txt files in docs directory

git add docs/ add all files in docs directory

git add "*.txt" or git add '*.txt' add all the files in the whole project

Answer 5

I'm not sure if it will add deleted files, but git add. from the root will add all untracked files.

Answer 6

For newer version of Git.

I tried git add -A and this prompted,

warning: The behavior of 'git add --all (or -A)' with no path argument from a subdirectory of the tree will change in Git 2.0 and should not be used anymore. To add content for the whole tree, run:

git add --all:/ (or git add -A:/)

To restrict the command to the current directory, run:

git add --all. (or git add -A.)

With the current Git version, the command is restricted to the current directory.

Then I tried below which worked .

git add --all :/

Answer 7

I authored the G2 project, a friendly environment for the command line git lover.
Please get the project from github - G2 https://github.com/orefalo/g2

It has a bunch of handy commands, one of them being exactly what your are looking for: freeze

freeze - Freeze all files in the repository (additions, deletions, modifications) to the staging area, thus staging that content for inclusion in the next commit. Also accept a specific path as parameter

Answer 8

This is my alternative (in any bash):

$ git status -s|awk '{ print $2 }'|xargs git add

To reset

$ git status -s|awk '{ print $2 }'|xargs git reset HEAD

Answer 9

I use the following line to add for staging all the modified and newly created files, excluding the ones listed in.gitignore:

git add $(git ls-files -mo --exclude-standard)

(the syntax $() is for the bash shell). I guess that the command line option -mod should add also the deleted files... Or, if you have file names with embedded blanks, the following one-liner should do the trick:

git ls-files -z --deleted --modified --others --exclude-standard | xargs -0 git add

Answer 10

From Git documentation starting from version 2.0:

To add content for the whole tree, run:

git add --all :/

or

git add -A :/

To restrict the command to the current directory, run:

git add --all .

or

git add -A .