How to avoid specifying absolute file path while git-add

Question

Using git add command becomes tedious once the file path becomes lengthy. For e.g. git add src_test/com/abc/product/server/datasource/manager/aats/DSManger.ja

Answer 1

I'm not sure if I understand your question.

To add all files (not yet added), use:

git add .

If you need to add all but one file, you cold add all, then remove the files using:

git reset HEAD 

You can also add all files in a subdirectory with

git add subdir/

One thing that I know can be annoying is when you rename files, you need to add the new filename and git rm the old name. When renaming a directory this can be annoying. This (unix only) git alias solves this problem (put it in your ~/.gitconfig file:

[alias] ;add after this heading or create this heading if it does not exist
        addremove = !git add . && git ls-files --deleted | xargs --no-run-if-empty git rm

This adds all new files and removes all deleted files and stages it to the index.