# Staging and committing changes

Stage and commit through Terminal with explicit paths until native Source Control actions are available in the Foxora surface.

![Staging and committing changes](https://www.foxora.ai/docs/images/v5.0.8/reference/stage-source-control.webp)

*Studio interface in English. Sample data.*

## Steps

1. Run git status and git diff, then verify the task’s tests.
2. Stage only intended paths with git add -- path/to/file.
3. Review git diff --cached and remove any accidental path from the index.
4. Run git commit -m with an outcome-based message, then confirm a clean or expected git status.

## Expected result

One commit contains only the reviewed files and records the verified outcome.

> **Note:** Do not use broad git add patterns in a dirty shared checkout; unrelated changes may belong to another person or task.