# auto-git-add

Stages modified files with git add immediately after Claude Code edits them. Keeps your staging area updated without manual git commands.

- hook · `type=hook` · Claude Code · 1191 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/hooks/git-workflow/auto-git-add.json
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/hooks/auto-git-add

## What it does

This hook hooks into the `PostToolUse` event for `Edit`, `MultiEdit`, and `Write` actions. When Claude Code edits or creates a file, the hook runs a shell script.

The command checks `$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH` and verifies git presence with `git rev-parse --git-dir`. If both conditions pass, it stages the file using `git add`. It suppresses all errors via `2>/dev/null || true`. Outside of a git repository, the hook does nothing.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --hook git-workflow/auto-git-add
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/settings.json` — The hooks block: event (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop…) → command. Personal ones go to ~/.claude/settings.json

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/hooks/git-workflow/auto-git-add.json

## When to use it
- stage modified files right after Claude Code edits them
- eliminate manual git add commands during coding sessions
- track edited files across Edit, MultiEdit, and Write tools

## Example prompts
- Fix the typo in src/index.ts
- Update the port configuration in config.json to 8080
- Create a button component in src/components/Button.tsx

## Source text · auto-git-add.json · MIT

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BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE 8124769e7d78608f
```text
{
  "description": "Automatically stage modified files with git add after editing. Helps maintain a clean git workflow by staging changes as they're made.",
  "hooks": {
    "PostToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "Edit|MultiEdit|Write",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "if [[ -n \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" ]] && git rev-parse --git-dir >/dev/null 2>&1; then git add \"$CLAUDE_TOOL_FILE_PATH\" 2>/dev/null || true; fi"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
```
END THIRD-PARTY FILE 8124769e7d78608f

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© davila7 · MIT · https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/hooks/git-workflow/auto-git-add.json

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