How to re-add added files (update staged files only) in git?

Question

We have modified files in path/to/another/ and path/to/main/.
Files in path/to/main/ already added into git cache but we have updated path/to/main/Bar.php file AGAIN. We now have the following situation:

$ git status
[...]
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

        modified:   path/to/main/Foo.php
        modified:   path/to/main/Bar.php

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:   path/to/main/Bar.php
        modified:   path/to/another/Aaa.php
        modified:   path/to/another/Bbb.php

(note that path/to/main/Bar.php shows up twice)

I need a command which could readd files which were added before without using particular paths.

P.S. git add --update will add all these files. It doesn't work.

P.P.S. This command should be able to readd modified: and new file: types.

UPD1

Thanks to @AyonNahiyan, yeah, it can work in bash. But maybe there is a command without using bash tricks (subcommands).

When you did `git reset` your will lost files list. It doesn't work. — Kirby, Sep 13 '16 at 19:11
Did you mean "readd". Perhaps, yes, "stage". If we're talking about result of `git add`. — Kirby, Sep 13 '16 at 19:14
@potame, `git reset` will drop files from "stage". Let's imagine we have 20 files in different directories. It's a disaster. :) — Kirby, Sep 13 '16 at 19:17
Then use `git reset -- path/to/main/Bar.php` if you only want to remove a single file. Then `git add path/to/main/Bar.php` again. — potame, Sep 13 '16 at 19:18
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/123282/discussion-between-kirby-and-potame). — Kirby, Sep 13 '16 at 19:20
possible dupe of [Refresh staged files](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10006462/refresh-staged-files) — underscore_d, Dec 04 '20 at 15:37

Ayon Nahiyan · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-17T14:06:27.263

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This shows list of files that are only staged:

git diff --name-only --cached

Now stage these files with their new changes(It will work in bash)

git add $(git diff --name-only --cached)

PS: (precondition) You need to be at the root of your git repo while running these commands. Running in any subfolder won't work

edited Mar 17 '21 at 14:06

answered Sep 13 '16 at 19:17

Ayon Nahiyan

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I suppose you mean `git add $(git diff --name-only --cached)`. Yeah, it works. – Kirby Sep 13 '16 at 19:22
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FYI: breaks for `deleted` files. But super useful – teddybear Jun 10 '19 at 00:54
Very useful command, thanks. Only problem is, it gives out full file paths, so if you are not in the root of your git repo, this wont work – Husmus Mar 15 '21 at 20:32

score 12 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 22 '21 at 09:47

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git update-index can be used for this purpose.

In particular,

git update-index --again

should work.

The --again option selects the files already in index that are different from HEAD.

And the actual action of update-index is to pull into index the new contents of those files.

edited Jan 22 '21 at 09:47

Eugene Yarmash

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answered Sep 13 '16 at 20:56

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Yeah, it is. But there is a performance issue. I have 24k+ files in git and I was trying to readd the only file and it's too slow. :( Perhaps it tries to add all files from cache. – Kirby Sep 14 '16 at 08:15

Eugene Yarmash · Answer 3 · 2021-02-18T10:51:31.313

git update-index --again

will do what you want. Note that this command operates on the current working directory (and subdirectories, recursively) by default. If you want to apply the command to the whole repo, add a pathspec:

git update-index --again :/:

:/: here means "the root of the working tree".

P.S. you can add an alias for this command to your .gitconfig file, e.g.:

[alias]
    readd = update-index --again :/:

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 26 '22 at 14:29

The answer from Ayon works. A possible fix for deleted files is to add another parameter.

--diff-filter=d

This excludes all deleted files from "git add". Further information on how to use this parameter can be found on this thread: Filter git diff by type of change

How to re-add added files (update staged files only) in git?

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