[Vm-dev] git mavens, shortcut please?

[Ben Coman]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>     I find myself in this situation a lot:
>
> Changes not staged for commit:
>   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
>
>         modified:   platforms/Cross/plugins/IA32ABI/ia32abi.h
>         modified:   platforms/Cross/plugins/IA32ABI/x64ia32abicc.c
>         modified:   platforms/Cross/plugins/IA32ABI/xabicc.c
>
> Untracked files:
>   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
>
>         platforms/Cross/plugins/IA32ABI/.ia32abicc.c.swp
>
> What's the one liner to add the modified files and ignore the untracked files?

git stage -u     (i.e. git stage --update)

> What's the one-liner to add and commit the modified files and ignore the untracked files?

git commit -a

>
> [hate the word "add" being used to mean "stage".  This thing was written by a sadist].
> _,,,^..^,,,_
> best, Eliot
>