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4.1What is staging?

In Git, staging files means preparing them for a commit. Consider it like placing items into a package that's prepared for delivery. Let's look at how we can stage changes in Git.

Identify Changes: We start by making changes to our files. These modifications are initially "unstaged".
Stage Changes: To stage our changes, we use the command git add. Let's look at some examples to understand this better.

To stage specific files, we list the filenames after git add. For example, to stage the index.html file, we run:

To stage all changes in the current directory, we use git add .. For example, to stage all changes in the current directory, we run:

To stage all changes in the repository, including files in subdirectories, we use git add --all or git add -A. For example, to stage all changes in the repository, we run:

Staging allows us to control exactly which changes we want to commit, making our commits cleaner and more manageable.

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