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Posted by Matt Bloomer
Matt Bloomer
10,608 Points

git commit

I have rewatched the videos and am still confused about when one is supposed to use git commit -a -m message as opposed to just git commit -m message. Can someone explain this a little more for me and possibly give some examples?

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Lukas Hansen
Lukas Hansen
11,323 Points
Lukas Hansen
Lukas Hansen
11,323 Points

I'm actually in a somewhat similar situation. This is only a guess, but i think you need to use 'git add' to add your files, and later on when you change the content of those files, you can add them again using 'git add', or use the -a flag. In short, its a way to add changed content, but not new files.