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.gitignore Isn’t the Only Way To Ignore Files in Git (nelson.cloud)
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[-] red_tomato@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I got a bunch of rules in the exclude file for my own personal trash files in the repo. I’m not a happy man unless I can do git commit -am freely.

[-] no_name_dev_from_hell@programming.dev 15 points 1 month ago

git commit -am is for weirdos.

You should do a git add .. Then do a git status. Then do git reset because . meant that all the stuff you didn't want to commit also is now in the staging area, then do a manual git add <dst_path> for your paths. Then do a git add . by accident, and repeat.

[-] red_tomato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Not weird. Whenever I use the -a flag on accident I just do git reset HEAD~1, and then do git commit -am on accident again.

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