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This article discusses combining the git add and git commit commands into one command line. Combining the two commands into one can save you time.

When combining these two commands, you have to keep in mind what you are committing to. Let's look at some common scenarios.

Git Add and Git Commit in one command

If you are well versed in Git version control, you will know that a workspace has different categories of files. These are:

Here is an example.

Assuming we only want to commit modified and deleted files, how can we add and commit in one command?

We can run the following command to add the modified files and commit the deleted files.

$ git commit -am "Shortcut"

Ideally, the command above would stage the files to be committed and commit them automatically.

It should leave the untracked files intact. Let's confirm our situation.

Let's look at another example.

What if we want to add and commit all the files in the workspace which include untracked files?

We know that to add all the files in the index, we use git addthe add command with the -A flag. We can git commitcombine the add command with the add command by creating a git alias.

The alias will allow us to combine the two commands into one while providing a custom commit message. Here is how to create an alias in Git.

$ git config --global alias.combo-AC '!git add -A && git commit'

You can name your alias anything you want. In our case, we will call it combo-AC.

Here is an illustration of its usage.

$ git combo-AC -m "Shortcut2"

This command should add and commit everything to our workspace. Let’s confirm that we have it.

Alternatively, we can create a function to add and commit all the files in our workspace. We need to add the function to our .bashrc file to do this.

.bashrcA file is a shell script that dictates the functionality of a terminal session.

The file is hidden and is located in your home directory. This is usually the first directory you go to when you start Git Bash.

To add the function to .bashrcthe file, we would run the following command:

$ notepad ~/.bashrc

This will open the file in Notepad and we can add a function as shown below.

function ac() {
    git add -A
    git commit -m "$1"
}

Save the file and exit Notepad. On Git Bash, run the following command to activate the feature.

$ source ~/.bashrc

请注意, newer Git versions --loginstart with . In this case, Git only reads the bash_profile file.

As a result, Git will not recognize your .bashrc file. To fix this issue, run the following command.

$ if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi

Make sure to run the above command in the root folder of your project. Here is the description of the usage of this function.

$ ac "New"

This will add and commit all the files in our index.

In short, when combining the git addand git commitcommands into one, think about what you are committing.

We have discussed using both together when you want to commit only deleted and modified files. We have also discussed two ways to add and commit all files in one command.