Dumb git gui question (Windows)

Question

I have a ton of new files to commit. Clicking each one to stage is annoying. How can I can I commit a whole bunch of files at once?

Answer 1

Don't use the gui ^^ ... a git add . will add all new files to the index.

Answer 2

I think if you high light them all and type ctrl+t, then you should stage all the selected files, although I find one normally gets left over for some unknown reason.

Answer 3

assuming you have cygwin installed, you can type git commit -m 'whatever' after you have added the changes to the staging area. To do a mass add do the following: git add .

this is, of course, done in the command prompt

Answer 4

You could have a look at GIT Extensions for a different GUI - I find it pretty easy to use.