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Development Tools GitHub Basics Working By Yourself Push to GitHub Test

Posted by Raedawn Long
Raedawn Long
6,943 Points

Hello needing assistance with Git Add command. Keep getting incorrect message.

We have multiple files in our directory that we want to track. Add them all with one command. My code: git add README.md

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

If you want to add all files in a directory, you don't need to enter individual file names, just add the whole directory.

And the symbol that represents the current directory is a single period (".").