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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Committing Changes

Andrei Punei
Andrei Punei
14,051 Points

Can you commit an entire folder to the repository? whitout specifing any subfolders or files!

Can you commit an entire folder to the repository? whitout specifing any subfolders or files!

1 Answer

Kevin D
Kevin D
8,646 Points

Not entirely sure on whether it would work like this, but try something like:

git add folderName

git commit -m "message"

If that doesn't work, you should be able to do it with this command: git add .

The full stop [ . ] adds all the new files you have placed in the folder (so it should include the whole folder). Once you've done this, you can commit it and it should commit the entire folder you just added.

This probably isn't the best method if you're adding more than one folder at once, as that commit message will be associated with everything you've just added instead of one specific one.