ml">git-add(1)</a> to incrementally "add" changes to the
index before using the <em>commit</em> command (Note: even modified files
must be "added");</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>by using <a href="git-rm.html">git-rm(1)</a> to remove files from the working tree
and the index, again before using the <em>commit</em> command;</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>by listing files as arguments to the <em>commit</em> command
(without --interactive or --patch switch), in which
case the commit will ignore changes staged in the index, and instead