Git: only stage modified files, not removals or additions

Question

As indicated in the documentation (and the answer to this question):

• git -u : adds modifications and removals to the index
• git -A : adds modifications, removals and additions to the index

Is there a 1-line git command that only adds file modifications, and not additions/deletions?

I want an easy way to add all of my edits, but don't want this action to add/remove files by default (I'll do that explicitly).

Answer 1

You could something like this:

git add $(git diff-files --diff-filter=M --name-only)

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Resources:

• git documentation - diff-files

Answer 2

I suggest that you use

git add -p

it allows you to select changes interesting you.