Here’s staging from the command line as I do it. \u00a0There are two methods that I know of right now.<\/p>\n
Navigate to your directory \u2013 I usually do this from \u201cparent pom\u201d directory so I can also maven build (for us java developers). \u00a0But somewhere in your local repository.<\/p>\n
Git’s \u201cadd\u201d is a bit dual-meaninged, like many git commands (merge for example which is different for branches versus clones). \u00a0It can mean “track me now and stage me” and it can mean “just stage me.” \u00a0This idea can be confusing — for instance with a new file why not “add” then “stage”? \u00a0But it’s all one execution in that case.<\/p>\n
Generally there are three states to “add” to a stage —<\/p>\n
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- you need to ADD any files to the stage that the repository does not know about that are new files.\u00a0 This will stage new files for commit.<\/li>\n
- you need to ADD any files to the stage that git already knows about that have changes.\u00a0 This will stage changed files for commit.<\/li>\n
- you need to ADD any files to the stage that git already knows about that have been deleted\u00a0.\u00a0 This will stage changed files for commit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0Atomic Staging<\/strong><\/p>\n
First, I use \u201cgit status\u201d to see what\u2019s up.\u00a0 It lists everything changed and everything not tracked by the repository yet.<\/p>\n
What I usually do is this for the atomic method:<\/p>\n
git status \/\/see what\u2019s up<\/em><\/p>\n
git add <new file><\/em><\/p>\n
git add <changed\/deleted file><\/em><\/p>\n
To unstage your changes use<\/p>\n
git reset<\/em><\/p>\n
Recover a deleted file with<\/p>\n
git checkout — <file><\/em><\/p>\n
Be sure to use the full path from git status<\/em><\/p>\n
After staging –> commit, push.<\/p>\n
Interactive Staging<\/strong><\/p>\n
You can also do this same thing interactively, which is what I use \u2013 git add interactive.<\/p>\n
git add -i<\/em><\/p>\n
Command 4 let\u2019s you stage the new file by its number, and command 2 let\u2019s you stage a changed file by its number in a list that is presented to you in both cases.\u00a0 Command 3 let\u2019s you revert from stage very easily.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nYou can check it out more in depth here:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/git-scm.com\/book\/en\/Git-Tools-Interactive-Staging<\/a><\/p>\n