the diffrence bitween git add . and git add *

[khitermedachraf]

so (git add *) does not exist
(git add .) =(git add -A) it means : stage all ( new , modified , deleted ) files

[ralf-ueberfuhr-ars]

"git add ." only stages new and modified files, while "git add -A" stages deletions too. So I would replace it by always using "git add -A"

[petski]

In most shells, git add * doesn't take "dot-files" into account, i.e. a .gitignore-file.

See https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/1168/how-to-glob-every-hidden-file-except-current-and-parent-directory