Git add

Use git add for staging: To add local files to the index. Staging is the first step in the usual git procedure of stage, commit, push.

• git add <file> - Add a specific file
• git add . - Add all files in the current directory that have been changed

Example

After chaning some files locally, let's first check the current status:

$ git status

On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
	modified:   load_site_array.sh
	modified:   read-out-r-figures-dvb8.sql
	modified:   r-sites-dvb8.sh

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Stage these three files at once - Note that there is no feedback:

$ git add .

and check status again:

$ 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)
	modified:   load_site_array.sh
	modified:   read-out-r-figures-dvb8.sql
	modified:   r-sites-dvb8.sh

See also

• Stage, commit, push (Git)

Sources

• https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/119782/what-does-stage-mean-in-git#119790