Git Add — Free Git & GitHub Tutorial

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Git Add in Git & GitHub

`git add` stages files — it tells Git "I want to include these changes in my next commit." Staging is the step between making changes and committing them. It's like putting items in a shopping cart before checkout.

You can stage files one by one (`git add file.txt`) or all at once (`git add .`). Staging lets you be selective about what you commit — maybe you changed file1.txt and file2.txt, but only want to commit file1.txt right now.

Priya creates a README.md file and stages it. Later, Arjun modifies the CSS file and stages that too. They control what goes into each commit.

git add <file>          # Stage one file
git add .              # Stage all changes
git add *.js           # Stage all .js files

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