Is git commit -am redundant, if I do git add before?

Question

Is it redundant to run git add . and then git commit -am \"commit message\"?

Can I just run git add . and then git commit -m

Answer 1

Git add + git commit -m will just commit those files you've added (new and previously tracked), but git commit -am will commit all changes on tracked files, but it doesn't add new files.