Question

I have versioned my folder with

git init
git add .
git commit -m 'Initial commit'

Should I do

git add <newfile>

for each new file I create in .? Doesn’t adding entire folder mean that all new files tracked automatically?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to git add new files that you want to track.

git add . only adds what is currently in there at the time you call it. That means that when you make some changes and add some files, then you can again do git add . in the project root and it will add all those changes.

(Also check out the “interactive” add mode (git add -i). It’s really practical.)