The Staging Area (git add) — Roadmap Step & Resources
Why Git has a staging area between your working directory and a commit
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Git & GitHub Fundamentals
Before this step
Interview questions
- Why does Git separate staging a change from committing it?
Study resources
- Recording Changes to the Repository (Article) — The Pro Git book's chapter explaining the staging area between working directory and commit.
- Git Add and Staging Explained (Video) — Covers why Git separates staging a change from committing it.
Part of
- Git Basics — section
- Git & GitHub Fundamentals roadmap — the full learning path