1 git-add(1)
2 ==========
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-add - Add file contents to the changeset to be committed next
8 SYNOPSIS
9 --------
10 'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [--] <file>...
12 DESCRIPTION
13 -----------
14 All the changed file contents to be committed together in a single set
15 of changes must be "added" with the 'add' command before using the
16 'commit' command. This is not only for adding new files. Even modified
17 files must be added to the set of changes about to be committed.
19 This command can be performed multiple times before a commit. The added
20 content corresponds to the state of specified file(s) at the time the
21 'add' command is used. This means the 'commit' command will not consider
22 subsequent changes to already added content if it is not added again before
23 the commit.
25 The 'git status' command can be used to obtain a summary of what is included
26 for the next commit.
28 This command can be used to add ignored files with `-f` (force)
29 option, but they have to be
30 explicitly and exactly specified from the command line. File globbing
31 and recursive behaviour do not add ignored files.
33 Please see gitlink:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a
34 commit.
37 OPTIONS
38 -------
39 <file>...::
40 Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can
41 be given to add all matching files. Also a
42 leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1`
43 and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the
44 directory, recursively.
46 -n::
47 Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
49 -v::
50 Be verbose.
52 -f::
53 Allow adding otherwise ignored files.
55 -i, \--interactive::
56 Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to
57 the index.
59 \--::
60 This option can be used to separate command-line options from
61 the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken
62 for command-line options).
65 EXAMPLES
66 --------
67 git-add Documentation/\\*.txt::
69 Adds content from all `\*.txt` files under `Documentation`
70 directory and its subdirectories.
71 +
72 Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this
73 example; this lets the command to include the files from
74 subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory.
76 git-add git-*.sh::
78 Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts.
79 Because this example lets shell expand the asterisk
80 (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not
81 consider `subdir/git-foo.sh`.
83 Interactive mode
84 ----------------
85 When the command enters the interactive mode, it shows the
86 output of the 'status' subcommand, and then goes into its
87 interactive command loop.
89 The command loop shows the list of subcommands available, and
90 gives a prompt "What now> ". In general, when the prompt ends
91 with a single '>', you can pick only one of the choices given
92 and type return, like this:
94 ------------
95 *** Commands ***
96 1: status 2: update 3: revert 4: add untracked
97 5: patch 6: diff 7: quit 8: help
98 What now> 1
99 ------------
101 You also could say "s" or "sta" or "status" above as long as the
102 choice is unique.
104 The main command loop has 6 subcommands (plus help and quit).
106 status::
108 This shows the change between HEAD and index (i.e. what will be
109 committed if you say "git commit"), and between index and
110 working tree files (i.e. what you could stage further before
111 "git commit" using "git-add") for each path. A sample output
112 looks like this:
113 +
114 ------------
115 staged unstaged path
116 1: binary nothing foo.png
117 2: +403/-35 +1/-1 git-add--interactive.perl
118 ------------
119 +
120 It shows that foo.png has differences from HEAD (but that is
121 binary so line count cannot be shown) and there is no
122 difference between indexed copy and the working tree
123 version (if the working tree version were also different,
124 'binary' would have been shown in place of 'nothing'). The
125 other file, git-add--interactive.perl, has 403 lines added
126 and 35 lines deleted if you commit what is in the index, but
127 working tree file has further modifications (one addition and
128 one deletion).
130 update::
132 This shows the status information and gives prompt
133 "Update>>". When the prompt ends with double '>>', you can
134 make more than one selection, concatenated with whitespace or
135 comma. Also you can say ranges. E.g. "2-5 7,9" to choose
136 2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list. You can say '*' to choose
137 everything.
138 +
139 What you chose are then highlighted with '*',
140 like this:
141 +
142 ------------
143 staged unstaged path
144 1: binary nothing foo.png
145 * 2: +403/-35 +1/-1 git-add--interactive.perl
146 ------------
147 +
148 To remove selection, prefix the input with `-`
149 like this:
150 +
151 ------------
152 Update>> -2
153 ------------
154 +
155 After making the selection, answer with an empty line to stage the
156 contents of working tree files for selected paths in the index.
158 revert::
160 This has a very similar UI to 'update', and the staged
161 information for selected paths are reverted to that of the
162 HEAD version. Reverting new paths makes them untracked.
164 add untracked::
166 This has a very similar UI to 'update' and
167 'revert', and lets you add untracked paths to the index.
169 patch::
171 This lets you choose one path out of 'status' like selection.
172 After choosing the path, it presents diff between the index
173 and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage
174 the change of each hunk. You can say:
176 y - add the change from that hunk to index
177 n - do not add the change from that hunk to index
178 a - add the change from that hunk and all the rest to index
179 d - do not the change from that hunk nor any of the rest to index
180 j - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next
181 undecided hunk
182 J - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next hunk
183 k - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous
184 undecided hunk
185 K - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous hunk
186 +
187 After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk
188 that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks.
190 diff::
192 This lets you review what will be committed (i.e. between
193 HEAD and index).
196 See Also
197 --------
198 gitlink:git-status[1]
199 gitlink:git-rm[1]
200 gitlink:git-mv[1]
201 gitlink:git-commit[1]
202 gitlink:git-update-index[1]
204 Author
205 ------
206 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
208 Documentation
209 --------------
210 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
212 GIT
213 ---
214 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite