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Is it possible to skip the staging area and (also) commit untracked, new files to git?

Is it possible to skip the staging area and (also) commit untracked, new files to git in a single built-in, command-line command ? If not, what are the alternatives ?

http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Basics-Recording-Changes-to-the-Repository

Providing the -a option to the git commit command makes Git automatically stage every file that is already tracked before doing the commit, letting you skip the git add part:

$ git commit -a -m 'added new benchmarks'

Thanks.

Solution

  • This might seem quite trivial for the gurus, but is a minor revelation to me (I admit) - at least I just used it for the first time now and it works (without custom aliases): Just use a semicolon ; and it'll work as a one-liner:

    git add --all; git commit -m "some informative commit message"