'git add --patch' to include new files?

Question

When I run git add -p, is there a way for git to select newly made files as hunks to select??

So if I make a new file called foo.java, then run

Answer 1

To do this with every new files, you can run:

git add -N . # Add every untracked file in $PWD without their content.
git add -p   # Interactively add content.

If you want to use it frequently, you can create an alias in your ~/.bashrc:

alias gapan='git add --intent-to-add . && git add --patch'

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N.B: If you use this with an empty new file, git will not be able to patch it and skip to the next one.