I have just created a GIT on a folder. I now want to add the contents of that folder by "staging" all the files. In the GUI, is there a way to select all the files. I have well over 4000 files and clicking one at a time is proving to be a bit of a pain.
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Yes,
Select the items (select top one hit shift, select bottom one) and hit CTRL T
Or go to commit -> stage to commit
Sam Saffron
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7There are days when my mind seems to be smaller than my butt, but strangely full of the same thing :) – baash05 Aug 28 '09 at 03:58
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1@baash, no big deal, it took me a while to find that setting its kind of hidden, I was expecting right click to work. – Sam Saffron Aug 28 '09 at 04:56
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1Ah. Thanks a lot. The operation "Stage to Commit" (Ctrl+T) wasn't informative for me. I thought it meant take whatever's listed under Staged Changes and commit them. – Rachel McMahan Jun 09 '11 at 21:16
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4I agree "Stage to Commit" is not indicative of the operation it is about to perform. It should be called "Unstaged to Staged" – Brad Sep 12 '11 at 20:12
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2Bless you for answering this. Saved me lots of clicking misery! – testing123 Oct 14 '12 at 02:27
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@Brad Or perhaps "Stage in order to Commit" – Josh O'Brien Sep 25 '15 at 23:14
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Quite late, but one method is to add an option in the 'Tools' menu.
- Click 'Tools'>Add...
- Name it whatever you want (I chose 'add all')
- In the 'Command' field, type
git add * - Optionally check the boxes to remove a dialog window, output window, and global configuration.
- Click the
Addbutton in the bottom right.
Now, click Tools>Add all and all changes will be staged. Hope this helps!
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@MetaSnarf Indeed, bash syntax can be used to merge multiple commands. So `&&` can be placed between each command, where each next command only runs if the previous succeeds. Example: `git add . && git commit -m "test commit"` will both stage and commit your current changes with the message "test commit" – ntjess Apr 06 '21 at 13:16