git commit -a -m (unable to use short hand notation)

Question

I read in tutorial that you can use git commit -a -m "comment" as a short hand to

$ git add .
$ git commit -m "comment"

when I trying to run this command I am facing following issue

Ashishs-MacBook-Pro:ourfirstrepo atyagi$ git commit -a -m "adding second file"
On branch work
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
    sample2.txt
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

could some one please explain why git commit -a -m is not working

possible duplicate of [Git commit -a "untracked files"?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8470547/git-commit-a-untracked-files) — Wooble, Feb 25 '14 at 19:02
For a good introduction to Git, I can recommend http://git-scm.com/book — MicroVirus, Feb 25 '14 at 23:33

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '14 at 19:00

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'git commit -a' adds all tracked files to the commit. Because these files are untracked, you will have to explicitly add them once, before you can use the -a flag.

answered Feb 25 '14 at 19:00

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Schleis · Answer 2 · 2014-02-25T19:06:17.723

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The -a adds all of the tracked files only. It ignores the untracked files.

http://linux.die.net/man/1/git-commit

edited Feb 25 '14 at 19:06

answered Feb 25 '14 at 19:01

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git commit -a -m (unable to use short hand notation)

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