Staging Area: git add & git commit

💻 GitLesson 4Beginner

The staging area is a buffer between your local workspace alterations and final repository commits. Git commits act as snapshots of your staged modifications.

1 Stage and Commit Commands

Shell — Saving changes

# Add a specific file to the staging area
git add index.html

# Add all modified and new files to the staging area
git add .

# Save staged changes into a commit with a descriptive message
git commit -m "Add responsive layout changes to index page"

# Add and commit modified files directly (skips staging, doesn't track new files)
git commit -am "Update page styles"

2 Code Challenge

Challenge: Create a new text file README.md, add it to the staging area, write a commit named "Initial commit", and modify the file to stage and commit it again.