how to push only one changed file

Question

So, i have python app on heroku with some “database.db” when the app is running this database is filling up.

For example i have this files in my project:

bot.py
database.db

when i make changes in bot.py and trying to push changes, my database is refreshing and when updates are deployed it already cleared.

i using this algorithm to push changes:

heroku login
cd %dir%
git add .
git commit -am “commit”
git push heroku master

so how to push only bot.py changes, without touching database?

Answer 1

Try git add bot.py instead of git add .

git add . will stage all the file in the present directory .

As you are asking to add the bot.py only specify the name of the file bot.py.

And

git commit -m “commit” instead of git commit -am “commit”.

Here remove the flag -a. Else it will commit everything.

updated one

heroku login
cd %dir%
git add bot.py
git commit -m “commit”
git push heroku master