Question

I am writing a batch file to automatically add my modified files to the staged area in git.

The batch file is situated in my dev/tools directory takes the directory of the git repo as it’s first argument.

This is my code at the moment:

@echo OFF

IF "%1"=="" (
    echo No directory supplied...
    goto :exit
) ELSE (
    echo Adding all modified files to staged area for %1
    git add %1
)

:exit

However, when I’m in the dev/tools directory and run ./test.bat ../temp I get the following output:

Adding all modified files to staged area for ../temp

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

How can I perform ‘git add .’ on a repo situated in a directory that I’m not currently inside using a batch command?

Answer 1

Do a cd %1 first before you execute git add