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Md. Rakib Trofder
Md. Rakib Trofder

Reputation: 49

What is git add -a?

I want only to add source file, not exe or object file in GitHub.
What should I do?

Can I use git add -a or others to add only all source file without adding exe or object file?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1159

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1329112

Note: git add -a does not exists. git add -A does.

And you don't need to use explicitly this -A option, since it is the default when you specify the current path:

cd /path/to/my/repo
git add .

All you need is a .gitignore file, as one of gitignore.io or github/gitignore.

You can test it with a git status: if you see a file.exe, that means the .gitignore is not present, or does not include an *.exe directive.

As soon as the .gitignore is there (even it is has not been added/committed itself), the git status will reflect its directives.

Upvotes: 2

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