I don't get what the Git command means, when adding files to the stage with the use of a period (or full stop, single dot):
git add .
What does this do?
git add .
adds / stages all of the files in the current directory. This is for convenience, and can still be used if you have certain files you don't want to add by using a .gitignore
A tutorial for .gitignore
is located here.
A deeper look into git add .
vs git add -A
vs. git add -u
is located here and it might answer your question if you wanted more control of how you add all of the files / wanted to know how git add .
works.