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Commiting changes in specific files

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You can commit changes made to specific files and skip staging them using git add: 

git commit file1.c file2.h

Or you can first stage the files: 

git add file1.c file2.h

and commit them later: 

git commit
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Committing:
* Introduction
* Syntax
* Stage and commit changes
* Good commit messages
* Amending a commit
* Committing without opening an editor
* Commit changes directly
* Create an empty commit
* Commit on behalf of someone else
* Selecting which lines should be staged for committing
* Commiting changes in specific files
* Sign commits with GPG
* Commit at a specific date
* Amend the time of a commit
* Amending the author of a commit
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