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This article will discuss different ways to add files to our repository on Git.

In Git, use git addthe command to add all files

We can git addadd all the files without exception using the command as shown below.

git add -A

-AThe -p parameter instructs Git to add all files present in the index. Git will stage untracked, modified, and deleted files for commit.

Alternatively, you can run git addthe command, which instructs Git to stage the files in the current directory.

example:

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git/Delftscopetech (main)
$ git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Changes not staged for commit:
    (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
    (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        deleted:    README.md
        modified:   Sample.txt
Untracked files:
    (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        Sample.txt.bak
        Tutorial.txt
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

In the above example, we have an index with the following files.

1. Modified Sample.txfile.
2. Deleted README.mdfiles.
3. There are two untracked files.

We run git add -Athe command to stage all the files for commit as shown below.

git add -A

Let's run git statusthe command to check if Git has staged our files.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git/Delftscopetech (main)
$ git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Changes to be committed:
    (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
        deleted:    README.md
        modified:   Sample.txt
        new file:   Sample.txt.bak
        new file:   Tutorial.txt

Our documents are ready for submission.

Adding files by extension in Git

Sometimes you may need a stage-specific file format. For example, .jsa .txt file or .txta .txt file.

We use git addthe command to enter wildcards and file extensions. Below is an example.

We have a JavaScript file that we want to stage in our directory for commit.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git/Delftscopetech (main)
$ git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Changes to be committed:
    (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
        deleted:    README.md
        modified:   Sample.txt
        new file:   Sample.txt.bak
        new file:   Tutorial.txt
Untracked files:
    (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        New Text Document.txt
        New.js

We can run the command in the following context git add.

$ git add *.js

Let's run git statusthe command to check if Git stages the files.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git/Delftscopetech (main)
$ git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Changes to be committed:
    (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
        new file:   New.js
        deleted:    README.md
        modified:   Sample.txt
        new file:   Sample.txt.bak
        new file:   Tutorial.txt
Untracked files:
    (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        New Text Document.txt

As you can see, our New.jsfile is ready for submission.

Add only deleted and modified files in Git

We use the command with -uthe -p parameter git addto instruct Git to add only deleted and modified files to commit.

example:

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git/Delftscopetech (main)
$ git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Changes to be committed:
    (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
        new file:   New.js
        deleted:    README.md
        modified:   Sample.txt
        new file:   Sample.txt.bak
        new file:   Tutorial.txt
Changes not staged for commit:
    (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
    (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        modified:   Sample.txt
        deleted:    Sample.txt.bak

If we want to stage our two files, we run the following command.

$ Git add -u

We will run git statusthe command to check whether Git has staged these two files.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git/Delftscopetech (main)
$ git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Changes to be committed:
    (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
        new file:   New.js
        deleted:    README.md
        modified:   Sample.txt
        new file:   Tutorial.txt
Untracked files:
    (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        New Text Document.txt

We have added the deleted and modified files to commit.