Assuming that <filename>
is being tracked by git, is
git commit -m "message" <filename>
possible without doing a
git add <filename>
?
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Yes. If you issue:
git commit -m "message" /file/to/save.c
save.c
will be added and committed alone, provided that it is already tracked by Git.
You can find it mentioned in the Git commit manual page (point 3 of the first list).

Stefano Sanfilippo
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Actually, I had to elaborate on the answer, because answering _"Yes."_ would have been a little embarassing :) – Stefano Sanfilippo Jan 25 '14 at 16:04
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The first point says even changed files must be "added". Could you please explain? – Arun Jan 26 '14 at 16:52
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1If you want to commit files, either tracked or untracked by Git, then you have to `git add` them before `git commit -m "message"`. Writing `git commit -m "message" file1 file2` is a **shortcut** for `git add file1; git add file2; git commit -m "message"` _provided that Git is already tracking `file1` and `file2`_ (so no file will be added by mistake). That is to say, you are "implicitly" adding them. – Stefano Sanfilippo Jan 26 '14 at 17:06
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Thanks Stefano! Finally understood it! :) – Arun Jan 28 '14 at 05:11
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To avoid having to explicitly add
each file you modify, you could use git commit -a -m "message"
: it will automatically add each tracked file and commit.

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