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I normally use only a few git commands each time I want to commit changes to a repository:

$ git add --all .
$ git commit -m "update."
$ git push -u origin master

Can magit be useful in this regard? M-x magit-status seems helpful but I am not fulling understanding the language of "staging/unstaging" "hunks" etc. from ref1 ref2 ref3.

What might be the equivalent commands in magit? Thanks in advance -

Edit This page seems to speak better to my level but is C-u s the equivalent of git add --all .? Though that page says it does not work.

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  • For simple git use, the vc-mode commands are perfectly suitable. I do use magit for complex commits etc., but for simple cases vc is excellent.
    – éric
    Jan 9, 2021 at 13:03

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  • S stages all files
  • c c initiates a commit. Write the message and then press C-c C-c to actually create the commit.
  • P u pushes to the upstream branch. In the popup that appears after you have pressed P you can see the upstream. If the upstream is not set yet, then you can still use P u. You'll be asked for a branch which is then configured as the upstream before pushing.
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  • It took me some time to figure out what to actually provide after pressing P u when the upstream is not yet set. In case your remote repository has the shortcut name origin as set in .git/config as [remote "origin"] and if your branch is called my-new-feature then you need to type origin/my-new-feature into the minibuffer after P u.
    – Harald
    Oct 23 at 7:27
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This one is also quite easy technique without learning shortcuts of magit by using hydra.

(defhydra yt-hydra/help (:color blue :hint nil)
  "
_mp_ magit-push #_mc_ magit-commit #_md_ magit diff #_mla_ magit diff #_mla_ magit status
"
  ;;Magit part
  ("mp" magit-push)
  ("mc" magit-commit)
  ("md" magit-diff)
  ("mla" magit-log-all)
  ("ms" magit-status)
  )
(global-set-key (kbd "<f1>") 'yt-hydra/help/body)
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I just write an easy shell function to help PUSHING ALL.

function lazy-git {
    git add -A
    git commit -a -m "🍁  $1"
    git push
}

lazy-git "Update somethinng"

or in Emacs

(defun push-all (comment)
  (interactive (list
            (read-string (format "🔥 Push for [%s]: " (current-directory-name)))))
  (save-some-buffers t) ; save all buffer
  (shell-command (format "git add -A; git commit -a -m \" %s\"; git push &"
                     comment)))

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