git-touch

Touch and stage file

$ git touch [file.txt]

$ git touch [file1.txt] [file2.txt]

git touch files

git touch creates files and stages them for commit. It combines the Unix `touch` command with `git add`, creating empty files that are immediately tracked.
The command is useful for creating placeholder files that will be committed. It saves the separate steps of creating files then adding them.

FILES

Files to create and stage.

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Part of git-extras package. Creates empty files. Files still need to be committed.

git touch is part of git-extras, combining file creation with staging for convenience.

touch(1), git-add(1)