January 1, 2020

Git: Add a forgotten file to the last commit

Add the forgotten file to the staging area:

$ git add forgotten-file

Commit the newly added file to the last commit:

$ git commit --amend --no-edit

You’re done.

Git is copyleft-licensed and was first released in 2005¹.

See also:

• Add newly made modifications to the last commit
• Edit the last commit message
• Remove a file from the last commit

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1. $ less /usr/share/doc/git/copyright↩︎

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