| author | ms.author | ms.date | ms.topic | msservice | ms.subservice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vijayma |
vijayma |
10/19/2022 |
include |
azure-devops-repos |
azure-devops-repos-git |
In the Git Changes window, right-click a file in the Changes section and choose Stage to add it into the Staged Changes section.
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Or, you can stage a changed file by selecting the plus sign next to the file. To stage all changed files in a folder, select the plus sign next to the folder. To stage all changed files in your repo, select the plus sign in the top-right corner of the Changes section.
You can tell Git to ignore a file by right-clicking it and selecting Ignore this local item or Ignore this extension. Either command creates a .gitignore file in your repo if it doesn't exist, and adds an entry to it. Ignored files won't appear in the Changes section in Visual Studio. However, the .gitignore file has no effect on tracked files. For information on how to configure Git to ignore tracked files, see Ignore files. To save time, you can download .gitignore templates for various development environments from the GitHub gitignore repo.