Lesson 03

Staging Area

The staging area lets you choose which changes will go into your next commit.

Working Directory

Unstaged changes only

app.jsModified

Snapshot for the next commit

Empty

app.js has an unstaged change. The file itself remains in your project.

The Real Command

Terminal

$git add app.js

git add app.js prepares that file's current changes for the next commit.

git add -- "*.js"

* is a quoted Git path pattern. The quotes pass the pattern to Git, and -- ends option parsing.

git add .

. means this directory. It stages all current changes below this folder, so review git status first.

Knowledge Check

Choose a change for the next commit and separate staging from committing.

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