Question

I have some files

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

And I want to commit files 1-5 only, so I have added files 1-5

Changes to be committed:

(use “git reset HEAD …” to unstage)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

and leave files 6-10 in changes “not staged for commit” list.

But then, when I want to commit using

git commit -a

I also see those files 6-10

Changes to be committed:

(use “git reset HEAD …” to unstage)

I think when I have manually added files 1-5, files 6-10 won’t be also added in “changes to be committed” list right?

Answer 1

git commit -a

Adds in files as well as committing. It is equivalent to:

git add -u .
git commit

From the man page:

OPTIONS
-a, –all
Tell the command to automatically stage files that have been modified and deleted, but new files you have not told git about
are not
affected.

You just want:

git commit

To commit only the files you have staged.