Git Add

Part of the Version Control section of Coddy's Terminal journey — lesson 10 of 58.

The git add command moves changes into the staging area. You name the file (or files) you want to stage:

git add hello.txt

You can stage several files at once, or use a wildcard:

git add file1.txt file2.txt
git add *.md

Or stage every change in the current folder with a single dot:

git add .

After staging, git status --short shows the file with a different prefix. Untracked files used the ?? code; staged new files use A (for added).

A  hello.txt

The file is now ready to be included in the next commit.

Challenge

Beginner

The folder contains a file called welcome.txt. Initialize the repository, stage welcome.txt, then run git status --short.

The expected output is the staged-add line.

Cheat sheet

Use git add to move changes into the staging area:

git add hello.txt          # single file
git add file1.txt file2.txt  # multiple files
git add *.md               # wildcard
git add .                  # everything in current folder

After staging, git status --short shows A (added) prefix for newly staged files: