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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Staging Our Changes

Posted by wayne holmes
wayne holmes
2,868 Points

Confused about question 5 (staging area) .

Confused about question 5 (staging area) what is wrong with answer git commit -a ?

1 Answer

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

"git commit -a" is an incomplete commit + staging statement. It is not adding something to the staging area. Instead if you want to add something in the staging area use "git add something"