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Git staging area or Git index is a list of files that will go to the next commit. Use this tag for questions about problems and operations with the staging area.

The staging area is a file, generally contained in your Git directory, that stores information about what will go into your next commit. It’s sometimes referred to as the “index”, but it’s also common to refer to it as the staging area. (from Pro Git)

Files are staged (indexed) with , or and removed from stage with . Actual contents of the staging area can be shown with .

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VSCode how to add keyboard shortcut for staging selected lines

There is a Stage Selected Lines button for Git, but is there a way to add a keyboard shortcut for it? It is too much trouble having to click twice (three dots > Stage Selected Lines).
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Unstage all deleted files in Git

I want to unstage all file deletes. Is there an easy way? I want to apply this to the file pattern of all deletes.
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Why does "git rebase" leave opposite sets of modifications in the stage and the working copy?

I'm using git-svn as an svn client. From time to time I encounter the following issue. I start with a couple of commits in my local git branch, a empty stage and a clean working copy. I type "git svn rebase" in windows command line to fetch the…
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Git: prevent staging some files, automatically stage all

I would like to unstage everything in my current working copy, but automatically stage all files and hunks I edit in the future. For example, I am using a different version of CocoaPods than most other people on the project I am working on. I would…
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Getting Git-concept of "stage"

Still having a hard time getting my head wrapped around the concept of staging as it applies to Git. Can any analogies be made with SVN? What is the primary purpose of having a stage level in Git?
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How to define rules in gitlab "stages" so that no need to define separate rules for jobs

Suppose there are 4 jobs are define in stages . stages: build test deploy upload Now test, deploy and upload only run when pipeline trigger manually. We can define rule on separate jobs for this but it will be repetitive.(do not want to use…
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How to git show a staged file?

I can do git show :path/to/some/file but what do I replace to get the currently staged version of the file? Context: I'm writing a pre-commit hook and I want to run a check on the staged files without resorting to stashing…
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How not to stage renamed files automatically

When I rename a class, which rename files, in intellij it automatically stage the renamed files in git. I'd like that intellij stop doing that. Does anyone know if and how to change this automatic behavior? Note: I've got intellij configure such…
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Can I mark a file for resolution without adding it to the index with one command?

When there's a conflict, git status shows this: Unmerged paths: (use "git restore --staged ..." to unstage) (use "git add ..." to mark resolution) both modified: some_file Now I can git add some_file to mark resolution, as the…
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How do I see git added files?

Sometimes I run git add . and big files that weren't supposed to get added are added. How can I see which files were added without commiting? And how to 'un-add' those files or all files at once so I can fix the .gitignore?
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Why does the "git index" have so many names?

While reading how to use Git, I found a lot of different names for git index. They were: directory cache current directory cache staging files staging area How come there are so many options to name exactly one thing? How I should to name it to…
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How do I move an unstaged file to untracked?

Say this is what I'm looking at in git status: Changes not staged for commit: modified: Makefile.in Untracked files: ../node_modules/somepath/inverter_packet.js What I want to do is something like move Makefile.in from 'Changes not staged…
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After a Git merge with no conflicts, a lot of files I didn't touch become both changes not staged for commit and changes staged for commit

This question is very similar to this question on merging but with one key difference: the absence of a merge conflict. So I'm working in a feature branch, commit some changes, and run git merge master. My goal is to update my feature branch with…
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Why does checkout sometimes stage a file?

When I first started using Git, I found the checkout command quite confusing. However, as I adapted to Git's model of version control, it started to make sense. Now I am having to teach Git to my coworkers, and I'm trying to explain checkout simply.…
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GIT stage and commit only files with a certain file ending

I have tons of modified files, and a good 2/3s of the files are images that I don't care much about, but I still want to commit them. For the rest I need to really look hard at the changes. To minimize the files I need to look at I want to only…
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