Adding a file named "testFile.xml" to the index.
git add testFile.xml
Testing to view differences between the index and HEAD
git diff --cached
produces something like the following:
lizard:l8mdv-si-samples mvickery$ git diff --cached
diff --git a/testFile.xml b/testFile.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
This has not been added to the repository yet but remains in the index. Committing the file to the local repository involves promoting changes from the index to the repository, a suitable command could be something like:
git commit -m "Creating content" testFile.xml
Assuming no other files have been created and added to the index, running "git diff -- cached" after performing the commit should result in nothing being returned from the command invocation. The index and HEAD are now synchronised.
The local repository contains the new file, if you're using GitHub you may want to push the new file to the remote repository, this can be done with a command such as the following:
git push -u origin master
Additionally, if you're using GitHub as a remote repository, you can remove files from that repository by using a commands such as the following:
Removal from index, local repository, remote repository and the local file system:
git rm testFile.xml
git commit -m "Test file removal"
git push -u origin master
Removal from the index, local repository, remote repository but not the local file system:
git rm --cached testFile.xml
git commit -m "Test file removal"
git push -u origin master
