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Hi all I have done git rm on few files and have modified one file. I want to know how can I do git commit . to commit deleted files with excluding the modified file.

Is there anything like

git commit -m "Files deleted" . -exclude scripts/process_old_FBA_orders.php

Below is my git status

Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) deleted: help/he_about.html deleted: help/he_glossary.html deleted: help/he_index.html deleted: help/he_jadmin/ad_index.html deleted: help/he_jadmin/ad_server_info.html deleted: help/he_jadmin/ad_users.html deleted: help/he_orders/or_index.html deleted: help/he_products/pr_index.html deleted: help/he_reports/re_index.html deleted: help/he_setup/se_index.html deleted: help/he_stock/st_index.html deleted: help/he_stock/st_needed_items.html deleted: help/he_stock/st_purchase_orders.html deleted: help/he_stock/st_stock_orders.html deleted: help/he_stock/st_stocked_items.html deleted: help/he_stock/st_suppliers.html deleted: help/he_stock/st_suppliers_items.html Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) modified: scripts/process_old_FBA_orders.php
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    just commit, your modified file is not staged Commented Feb 9, 2015 at 15:13
  • Just to mention, git commit -m 'some message' is generally a bad idea, with or without specifying paths to commit. A good commit message usually won't fit on a single line. :P And letting the editor fire up also lets you see what's about to be committed. Commented Feb 9, 2015 at 15:15
  • You want to commit deletion of help files, but not changes in scripts? In this case you could simply do git commit -m 'Files deleted' help/ Commented Feb 9, 2015 at 15:16

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If its only one or two files I see its easy to add all files then reset unwanted files.

$ cd /path/to/repo $ git add . $ git reset /path/to/unwanted/file $ git commit -m 'commit message'

You can reset a whole directory $ git reset /path/to/directory/

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Just run git commit -m "Files deleted". Changes not staged for commit (as specified in git status) are not committed.

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This answer is technically correct, but only applicable to the exact situation the OP ran into. I.e. it is not a generic answer and dependent on a state similar to what the OP has: a set of deleted files and one changed file. IF it were trying to answer the more generic title, then it would be missing information to be complete.

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