Is git commit -am redundant, if I do git add before?

Question

Is it redundant to run git add . and then git commit -am "commit message"?

Can I just run git add . and then git commit -m "commit message" or, alternatively, just git commit -am "commit message"?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3629545/is-git-commit-am-redundant-if-i-do-git-add-before

Answer 1

Git add + git commit -m will just commit those files you've added (new and previously tracked), but git commit -am will commit all changes on tracked files, but it doesn't add new files.