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1 | git-add(1) |
2 | ========== | |
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3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
5f42ac92 | 6 | git-add - Add file contents to the index |
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7 | |
8 | SYNOPSIS | |
9 | -------- | |
480611d1 | 10 | [verse] |
b1889c36 | 11 | 'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] |
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12 | [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]] |
13 | [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] | |
14 | [--] [<pathspec>...] | |
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15 | |
16 | DESCRIPTION | |
17 | ----------- | |
968d7072 BG |
18 | This command updates the index using the current content found in |
19 | the working tree, to prepare the content staged for the next commit. | |
20 | It typically adds the current content of existing paths as a whole, | |
21 | but with some options it can also be used to add content with | |
22 | only part of the changes made to the working tree files applied, or | |
23 | remove paths that do not exist in the working tree anymore. | |
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24 | |
25 | The "index" holds a snapshot of the content of the working tree, and it | |
26 | is this snapshot that is taken as the contents of the next commit. Thus | |
27 | after making any changes to the working directory, and before running | |
441947f6 | 28 | the commit command, you must use the `add` command to add any new or |
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29 | modified files to the index. |
30 | ||
31 | This command can be performed multiple times before a commit. It only | |
32 | adds the content of the specified file(s) at the time the add command is | |
33 | run; if you want subsequent changes included in the next commit, then | |
441947f6 | 34 | you must run `git add` again to add the new content to the index. |
5f42ac92 | 35 | |
441947f6 | 36 | The `git status` command can be used to obtain a summary of which |
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37 | files have changes that are staged for the next commit. |
38 | ||
441947f6 BG |
39 | The `git add` command will not add ignored files by default. If any |
40 | ignored files were explicitly specified on the command line, `git add` | |
d1d028ea | 41 | will fail with a list of ignored files. Ignored files reached by |
9d5fc59d | 42 | directory recursion or filename globbing performed by Git (quote your |
ca768288 | 43 | globs before the shell) will be silently ignored. The 'git add' command can |
9d5fc59d | 44 | be used to add ignored files with the `-f` (force) option. |
7fc9d69f | 45 | |
5162e697 | 46 | Please see linkgit:git-commit[1] for alternative ways to add content to a |
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47 | commit. |
48 | ||
49 | ||
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50 | OPTIONS |
51 | ------- | |
d32805dc | 52 | <pathspec>...:: |
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53 | Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can |
54 | be given to add all matching files. Also a | |
55 | leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1` | |
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56 | and `dir/file2`) can be given to update the index to |
57 | match the current state of the directory as a whole (e.g. | |
58 | specifying `dir` will record not just a file `dir/file1` | |
59 | modified in the working tree, a file `dir/file2` added to | |
60 | the working tree, but also a file `dir/file3` removed from | |
61 | the working tree. Note that older versions of Git used | |
62 | to ignore removed files; use `--no-all` option if you want | |
63 | to add modified or new files but ignore removed ones. | |
7fc9d69f | 64 | |
3240240f SB |
65 | -n:: |
66 | --dry-run:: | |
108da0db JL |
67 | Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist and/or will |
68 | be ignored. | |
918db541 | 69 | |
3240240f SB |
70 | -v:: |
71 | --verbose:: | |
918db541 CS |
72 | Be verbose. |
73 | ||
6a1ad325 | 74 | -f:: |
69c61c4f | 75 | --force:: |
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76 | Allow adding otherwise ignored files. |
77 | ||
3240240f SB |
78 | -i:: |
79 | --interactive:: | |
6a5ad23d | 80 | Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to |
b63e9950 WC |
81 | the index. Optional path arguments may be supplied to limit |
82 | operation to a subset of the working tree. See ``Interactive | |
83 | mode'' for details. | |
84 | ||
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85 | -p:: |
86 | --patch:: | |
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87 | Interactively choose hunks of patch between the index and the |
88 | work tree and add them to the index. This gives the user a chance | |
89 | to review the difference before adding modified contents to the | |
90 | index. | |
46ada61e SB |
91 | + |
92 | This effectively runs `add --interactive`, but bypasses the | |
93 | initial command menu and directly jumps to the `patch` subcommand. | |
94 | See ``Interactive mode'' for details. | |
6a5ad23d | 95 | |
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96 | -e, \--edit:: |
97 | Open the diff vs. the index in an editor and let the user | |
98 | edit it. After the editor was closed, adjust the hunk headers | |
99 | and apply the patch to the index. | |
100 | + | |
5df4d67d | 101 | The intent of this option is to pick and choose lines of the patch to |
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102 | apply, or even to modify the contents of lines to be staged. This can be |
103 | quicker and more flexible than using the interactive hunk selector. | |
104 | However, it is easy to confuse oneself and create a patch that does not | |
105 | apply to the index. See EDITING PATCHES below. | |
c59cb03a | 106 | |
bc3561f3 | 107 | -u:: |
69c61c4f | 108 | --update:: |
5cae9356 GP |
109 | Update the index just where it already has an entry matching |
110 | <pathspec>. This removes as well as modifies index entries to | |
111 | match the working tree, but adds no new files. | |
968d7072 | 112 | + |
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113 | If no <pathspec> is given when `-u` option is used, all |
114 | tracked files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions | |
115 | of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its | |
116 | subdirectories). | |
bc3561f3 | 117 | |
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118 | -A:: |
119 | --all:: | |
9f60f49b | 120 | --no-ignore-removal:: |
5cae9356 GP |
121 | Update the index not only where the working tree has a file |
122 | matching <pathspec> but also where the index already has an | |
123 | entry. This adds, modifies, and removes index entries to | |
124 | match the working tree. | |
125 | + | |
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126 | If no <pathspec> is given when `-A` option is used, all |
127 | files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions | |
128 | of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its | |
129 | subdirectories). | |
8776f5d3 | 130 | |
45c45e30 | 131 | --no-all:: |
9f60f49b | 132 | --ignore-removal:: |
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133 | Update the index by adding new files that are unknown to the |
134 | index and files modified in the working tree, but ignore | |
135 | files that have been removed from the working tree. This | |
136 | option is a no-op when no <pathspec> is used. | |
137 | + | |
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138 | This option is primarily to help users who are used to older |
139 | versions of Git, whose "git add <pathspec>..." was a synonym | |
140 | for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files. | |
45c45e30 | 141 | |
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142 | -N:: |
143 | --intent-to-add:: | |
144 | Record only the fact that the path will be added later. An entry | |
145 | for the path is placed in the index with no content. This is | |
146 | useful for, among other things, showing the unstaged content of | |
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147 | such files with `git diff` and committing them with `git commit |
148 | -a`. | |
8776f5d3 | 149 | |
3240240f | 150 | --refresh:: |
d616813d AJ |
151 | Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat() |
152 | information in the index. | |
153 | ||
3240240f | 154 | --ignore-errors:: |
984b83ef AR |
155 | If some files could not be added because of errors indexing |
156 | them, do not abort the operation, but continue adding the | |
157 | others. The command shall still exit with non-zero status. | |
d0224436 VH |
158 | The configuration variable `add.ignoreErrors` can be set to |
159 | true to make this the default behaviour. | |
984b83ef | 160 | |
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161 | --ignore-missing:: |
162 | This option can only be used together with --dry-run. By using | |
163 | this option the user can check if any of the given files would | |
164 | be ignored, no matter if they are already present in the work | |
165 | tree or not. | |
166 | ||
e994004f | 167 | \--:: |
60ace879 CW |
168 | This option can be used to separate command-line options from |
169 | the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken | |
170 | for command-line options). | |
171 | ||
918db541 | 172 | |
164b1989 MH |
173 | Configuration |
174 | ------------- | |
175 | ||
441947f6 | 176 | The optional configuration variable `core.excludesfile` indicates a path to a |
164b1989 MH |
177 | file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to |
178 | $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to | |
a73d3790 | 179 | those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. |
164b1989 MH |
180 | |
181 | ||
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182 | EXAMPLES |
183 | -------- | |
810bf1f9 | 184 | |
1b6c6cf0 | 185 | * Adds content from all `*.txt` files under `Documentation` directory |
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186 | and its subdirectories: |
187 | + | |
188 | ------------ | |
bf7cbb2f | 189 | $ git add Documentation/\*.txt |
921177f5 | 190 | ------------ |
810bf1f9 | 191 | + |
1b6c6cf0 | 192 | Note that the asterisk `*` is quoted from the shell in this |
dcc901bc | 193 | example; this lets the command include the files from |
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194 | subdirectories of `Documentation/` directory. |
195 | ||
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196 | * Considers adding content from all git-*.sh scripts: |
197 | + | |
198 | ------------ | |
199 | $ git add git-*.sh | |
200 | ------------ | |
201 | + | |
dcc901bc | 202 | Because this example lets the shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are |
921177f5 CC |
203 | listing the files explicitly), it does not consider |
204 | `subdir/git-foo.sh`. | |
810bf1f9 | 205 | |
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206 | Interactive mode |
207 | ---------------- | |
208 | When the command enters the interactive mode, it shows the | |
23bfbb81 | 209 | output of the 'status' subcommand, and then goes into its |
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210 | interactive command loop. |
211 | ||
212 | The command loop shows the list of subcommands available, and | |
213 | gives a prompt "What now> ". In general, when the prompt ends | |
214 | with a single '>', you can pick only one of the choices given | |
215 | and type return, like this: | |
216 | ||
217 | ------------ | |
218 | *** Commands *** | |
219 | 1: status 2: update 3: revert 4: add untracked | |
220 | 5: patch 6: diff 7: quit 8: help | |
221 | What now> 1 | |
222 | ------------ | |
223 | ||
441947f6 | 224 | You also could say `s` or `sta` or `status` above as long as the |
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225 | choice is unique. |
226 | ||
227 | The main command loop has 6 subcommands (plus help and quit). | |
228 | ||
229 | status:: | |
230 | ||
231 | This shows the change between HEAD and index (i.e. what will be | |
441947f6 | 232 | committed if you say `git commit`), and between index and |
6a5ad23d | 233 | working tree files (i.e. what you could stage further before |
441947f6 | 234 | `git commit` using `git add`) for each path. A sample output |
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235 | looks like this: |
236 | + | |
237 | ------------ | |
238 | staged unstaged path | |
239 | 1: binary nothing foo.png | |
240 | 2: +403/-35 +1/-1 git-add--interactive.perl | |
241 | ------------ | |
242 | + | |
243 | It shows that foo.png has differences from HEAD (but that is | |
244 | binary so line count cannot be shown) and there is no | |
245 | difference between indexed copy and the working tree | |
246 | version (if the working tree version were also different, | |
247 | 'binary' would have been shown in place of 'nothing'). The | |
28394787 | 248 | other file, git-add{litdd}interactive.perl, has 403 lines added |
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249 | and 35 lines deleted if you commit what is in the index, but |
250 | working tree file has further modifications (one addition and | |
251 | one deletion). | |
252 | ||
253 | update:: | |
254 | ||
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255 | This shows the status information and issues an "Update>>" |
256 | prompt. When the prompt ends with double '>>', you can | |
6a5ad23d JH |
257 | make more than one selection, concatenated with whitespace or |
258 | comma. Also you can say ranges. E.g. "2-5 7,9" to choose | |
1e5aaa6d CM |
259 | 2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list. If the second number in a range is |
260 | omitted, all remaining patches are taken. E.g. "7-" to choose | |
261 | 7,8,9 from the list. You can say '*' to choose everything. | |
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262 | + |
263 | What you chose are then highlighted with '*', | |
264 | like this: | |
265 | + | |
266 | ------------ | |
267 | staged unstaged path | |
268 | 1: binary nothing foo.png | |
269 | * 2: +403/-35 +1/-1 git-add--interactive.perl | |
270 | ------------ | |
271 | + | |
272 | To remove selection, prefix the input with `-` | |
273 | like this: | |
274 | + | |
275 | ------------ | |
276 | Update>> -2 | |
277 | ------------ | |
278 | + | |
279 | After making the selection, answer with an empty line to stage the | |
280 | contents of working tree files for selected paths in the index. | |
281 | ||
282 | revert:: | |
283 | ||
284 | This has a very similar UI to 'update', and the staged | |
285 | information for selected paths are reverted to that of the | |
286 | HEAD version. Reverting new paths makes them untracked. | |
287 | ||
288 | add untracked:: | |
289 | ||
290 | This has a very similar UI to 'update' and | |
291 | 'revert', and lets you add untracked paths to the index. | |
292 | ||
293 | patch:: | |
294 | ||
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295 | This lets you choose one path out of a 'status' like selection. |
296 | After choosing the path, it presents the diff between the index | |
6a5ad23d | 297 | and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage |
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298 | the change of each hunk. You can select one of the following |
299 | options and type return: | |
6a5ad23d | 300 | |
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301 | y - stage this hunk |
302 | n - do not stage this hunk | |
a58088ab | 303 | q - quit; do not stage this hunk or any of the remaining ones |
74e42ce1 | 304 | a - stage this hunk and all later hunks in the file |
a58088ab | 305 | d - do not stage this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file |
595f6948 MM |
306 | g - select a hunk to go to |
307 | / - search for a hunk matching the given regex | |
bb12ac51 VK |
308 | j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk |
309 | J - leave this hunk undecided, see next hunk | |
310 | k - leave this hunk undecided, see previous undecided hunk | |
311 | K - leave this hunk undecided, see previous hunk | |
280e50c7 | 312 | s - split the current hunk into smaller hunks |
ac083c47 | 313 | e - manually edit the current hunk |
280e50c7 | 314 | ? - print help |
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315 | + |
316 | After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk | |
317 | that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks. | |
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318 | + |
319 | You can omit having to type return here, by setting the configuration | |
320 | variable `interactive.singlekey` to `true`. | |
6a5ad23d JH |
321 | |
322 | diff:: | |
323 | ||
324 | This lets you review what will be committed (i.e. between | |
325 | HEAD and index). | |
326 | ||
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327 | |
328 | EDITING PATCHES | |
329 | --------------- | |
330 | ||
331 | Invoking `git add -e` or selecting `e` from the interactive hunk | |
332 | selector will open a patch in your editor; after the editor exits, the | |
333 | result is applied to the index. You are free to make arbitrary changes | |
334 | to the patch, but note that some changes may have confusing results, or | |
335 | even result in a patch that cannot be applied. If you want to abort the | |
336 | operation entirely (i.e., stage nothing new in the index), simply delete | |
337 | all lines of the patch. The list below describes some common things you | |
338 | may see in a patch, and which editing operations make sense on them. | |
339 | ||
340 | -- | |
341 | added content:: | |
342 | ||
343 | Added content is represented by lines beginning with "{plus}". You can | |
344 | prevent staging any addition lines by deleting them. | |
345 | ||
346 | removed content:: | |
347 | ||
348 | Removed content is represented by lines beginning with "-". You can | |
349 | prevent staging their removal by converting the "-" to a " " (space). | |
350 | ||
351 | modified content:: | |
352 | ||
353 | Modified content is represented by "-" lines (removing the old content) | |
354 | followed by "{plus}" lines (adding the replacement content). You can | |
355 | prevent staging the modification by converting "-" lines to " ", and | |
356 | removing "{plus}" lines. Beware that modifying only half of the pair is | |
357 | likely to introduce confusing changes to the index. | |
358 | -- | |
359 | ||
360 | There are also more complex operations that can be performed. But beware | |
361 | that because the patch is applied only to the index and not the working | |
362 | tree, the working tree will appear to "undo" the change in the index. | |
469bfc96 | 363 | For example, introducing a new line into the index that is in neither |
0fe802d4 JK |
364 | the HEAD nor the working tree will stage the new line for commit, but |
365 | the line will appear to be reverted in the working tree. | |
366 | ||
367 | Avoid using these constructs, or do so with extreme caution. | |
368 | ||
369 | -- | |
370 | removing untouched content:: | |
371 | ||
372 | Content which does not differ between the index and working tree may be | |
373 | shown on context lines, beginning with a " " (space). You can stage | |
374 | context lines for removal by converting the space to a "-". The | |
375 | resulting working tree file will appear to re-add the content. | |
376 | ||
377 | modifying existing content:: | |
378 | ||
379 | One can also modify context lines by staging them for removal (by | |
380 | converting " " to "-") and adding a "{plus}" line with the new content. | |
381 | Similarly, one can modify "{plus}" lines for existing additions or | |
382 | modifications. In all cases, the new modification will appear reverted | |
383 | in the working tree. | |
384 | ||
385 | new content:: | |
386 | ||
387 | You may also add new content that does not exist in the patch; simply | |
388 | add new lines, each starting with "{plus}". The addition will appear | |
389 | reverted in the working tree. | |
390 | -- | |
391 | ||
392 | There are also several operations which should be avoided entirely, as | |
393 | they will make the patch impossible to apply: | |
394 | ||
395 | * adding context (" ") or removal ("-") lines | |
396 | * deleting context or removal lines | |
397 | * modifying the contents of context or removal lines | |
398 | ||
56ae8df5 | 399 | SEE ALSO |
872d001f | 400 | -------- |
5162e697 DM |
401 | linkgit:git-status[1] |
402 | linkgit:git-rm[1] | |
403 | linkgit:git-reset[1] | |
404 | linkgit:git-mv[1] | |
405 | linkgit:git-commit[1] | |
406 | linkgit:git-update-index[1] | |
810bf1f9 | 407 | |
7fc9d69f JH |
408 | GIT |
409 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 410 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |