Editing Git (section)

===Add File or Directory to be tracked or Modified to Stage===
Add is used for different purposes, one is to add a new file to tracked by the VCS (second is to add changes of tracked files to the stage for the next commit):

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 // see table above
 git add . // stages new files and modifications, without deletions (on the current directory and its subdirectories)
 git add <Filename>
 git add <Directoryname> // will add all non-empty recursively
                         // obviously the --all parameter is not needed
 git add -u // stages modifications and deletions, without new files