Question

Is it redundant to run git add . and then git commit -am "commit message"?

Can I just run git add . and then git commit -m "commit message" or, alternatively, just git commit -am "commit message"?

Answer 1

Git add + git commit -m will just commit those files you’ve added (new and previously tracked), but git commit -am will commit all changes on tracked files, but it doesn’t add new files.