Re: git commit -a -m is not working

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Sep 26, 2015, 18:54 UTC
Message-ID: <20150926185416.GA233088@vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAMWrOy7YoAofbzfW+dy=v1TRgWGe5OuZ8U2x+Q-XCKc1y_agRA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 09:51:12PM +0300, Alex Radulescu wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> This command is not working. Any advice?
> 
> Alex:testGit Alex$ git commit -a -m 'made a change'
> 
> On branch v1.0
> 
> Untracked files:
> 
> new_branch.txt
> 
> nothing added to commit but untracked files present

git commit -a does not add untracked files. Such files might be build by-products or such and you haven't told Git to track them, so it doesn't.

From git-commit(1):
  -a, --all
      Tell the command to automatically stage files that have been
      modified and deleted, but new files you have not told Git about
      are not affected.

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