Re: Basic Git Questions
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- Konstantin Khomoutov <flatworm@users.sourceforge.net>
- Date
- Dec 19, 2010, 23:08 UTC
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On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 02:32:41PM -0800, Parag Kalra wrote:
> 1. I generally add the files in my working directory using "git add > .". But sometimes you want to add all the files except 1 or 2 file. Is > there a shortcut way we can tell git to add all the files but exclude > a particular file.
Use `git add .` to add all the files and then `git rm --cached` those one or two you don't need to be committed. See the git-rm manual for details.
> 2. Also sometime when the code is committed, I realize that I have > forgot to change or add a file. Is there a way we can we commit a file > to existing commit number with git log showing only the old git commit > number and not creating a new one for the last commit.
`git commit --amend` does exactly that -- amends the last commit (pointed by the HEAD ref). If you need to modify a commit older than the last one, you have to rebase a part of the branch starting with that commit and then edit (amend) that commit during the rebasing process. This might have certain caveats though, so refer to git-rebase manual. More on rebasing can be found in various pieces of documentation and books listed at http://git-scm.com/documentation