How do I stage all files at once in Git Gui?

Question

I have just created a GIT on a folder. I now want to add the contents of that folder by "staging" all the files. In the GUI, is there a way to select all the files. I have well over 4000 files and clicking one at a time is proving to be a bit of a pain.

Answer 1

Yes,

Select the items (select top one hit shift, select bottom one) and hit CTRL T

Or go to commit -> stage to commit

Answer 2

Quite late, but one method is to add an option in the 'Tools' menu.

1. Click 'Tools'>Add...
2. Name it whatever you want (I chose 'add all')
3. In the 'Command' field, type git add *
4. Optionally check the boxes to remove a dialog window, output window, and global configuration.
5. Click the Add button in the bottom right.

Now, click Tools>Add all and all changes will be staged. Hope this helps!