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Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsQuick Git Question
I know there are better and quicker ways to run all the common git commands like git status, git add . and committing.
Up until now, I type all those commands separately, even though I know they can be combined.
git status
git add .
git commit -m "commit message"
git commit -a -m "commit message"
The reason I don't is because in the past, I've tried to use a shortcut command to one line but then I run git status again. and find that some of the files haven't been tracked, and I know I haven't made any more changes to my files.
I always run git status before pushing to GitHub to be sure I'm not leaving any untracked files behind. Is there a quicker workflow this while still quickly checking status of the local repo?
2 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsFirst, what version of git are you using? And second, what is your goal to add for a commit. Generally, git add ., git add -a, and git add -A all did different things.
Side note, you can shorten the commit message even more by typing git commit -am "commit message"
If you dial in how your adding files, there shouldn't be any concern about.
Regardless, you could look at setting a git alias, to string multiple commands together into a single command. You can set the name to whatever you want, but it could be as simple as git ac "message commit" then runs add, then commit, and finally a status so you can be sure it added untracked files and committed them.
Here is the docs on for git v2+ for aliases: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Git-Aliases
yk7
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 22,891 PointsHow about combining your commands by using bash? I think need to be installed on windows!
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsI use git bash on my windows system. :-)
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsJonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsGit tells me I'm on
git version 2.14.1.windows.1Usually I add for staging with
add .and that's it. Rarely do I add specific files becauae my projects are so big.Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsKevin Korte
28,149 PointsJonathan, did the git aliases help at all?
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsJonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsI haven't figured out how to alias multiple commands yet. just aliased the most common single ones I use. For example even if I alias a commit command I still need unique message. :)