Stage only deleted files with git add

Question

I have run git status and see several modified files and several deleted files.

Is it possible to stage only deleted or only modified files?

Answer 1

If you have a mix of modified and deleted files and only want to stage deleted files to the index, you can use git ls-files as a filter.

git ls-files --deleted | xargs git add

If you only want this to apply to part of the file tree, give one or more subdirectories as arguments to ls-files:

git ls-files --deleted -- lib/foo | xargs git add

To do the same for only modified files, use the --modified (-m) option instead of --deleted (-d).

Answer 2

Same as the @steve answer, but adding a little change:

Add --all to the end of the command to add all the files returned by the ls-files command to the index

git ls-files --deleted | xargs git add --all

Answer 3

For PowerShell

git ls-files --deleted | % {git add $_}

Answer 4

For all the love ls-files is getting here, it seems to me

git add --all $(git diff --diff-filter=D --name-only)

is more straightforward.

Answer 5

Another way:

git diff --name-only --diff-filter=D | sed 's| |\\ |g' | xargs git add

I use sed here because the paths could have whitespace characters.

Answer 6

As an alternative to the accepted answer, you could use the interactive mode git add -i, then select 2 to update which files you want to stage and pick only the deleted ones (for example, use a range 1-30).

It's easier to remember sometimes.