Re: Basic Git Questions

[Konstantin Khomoutov <flatworm@users.sourceforge.net>]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 02:32:41PM -0800, Parag Kalra wrote:

> 1. I generally add the files in my working directory using "git add
> .". But sometimes you want to add all the files except 1 or 2 file. Is
> there a shortcut way we can tell git to add all the files but exclude
> a particular file.
Use `git add .` to add all the files and then `git rm --cached` those
one or two you don't need to be committed. See the git-rm manual for
details.

> 2. Also sometime when the code is committed, I realize that I have
> forgot to change or add a file. Is there a way we can we commit a file
> to existing commit number with git log showing only the old git commit
> number and not creating a new one for the last commit.
`git commit --amend` does exactly that -- amends the last commit
(pointed by the HEAD ref).
If you need to modify a commit older than the last one, you have to
rebase a part of the branch starting with that commit and then edit
(amend) that commit during the rebasing process. This might have
certain caveats though, so refer to git-rebase manual.
More on rebasing can be found in various pieces of documentation and
books listed at http://git-scm.com/documentation