diff --git a/mepo.d/cmdline/parser.py b/mepo.d/cmdline/parser.py
index e94d1efa..9cb27497 100644
--- a/mepo.d/cmdline/parser.py
+++ b/mepo.d/cmdline/parser.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ def __commit(self):
         commit = self.subparsers.add_parser(
             'commit',
             description = 'Commit staged files in the specified components')
+        commit.add_argument('-a', '--all', action = 'store_true', help = 'stage all tracked files and then commit')
         commit.add_argument('-m', '--message', type=str, metavar = 'message', default=None)
         commit.add_argument(
             'comp_name',
diff --git a/mepo.d/command/commit/commit.py b/mepo.d/command/commit/commit.py
index c9641b2f..7b2ac349 100644
--- a/mepo.d/command/commit/commit.py
+++ b/mepo.d/command/commit/commit.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from state.state import MepoState
 from utilities import verify
 from repository.git import GitRepository
+from command.stage.stage import stage_files
 
 # Popping up an EDITOR is based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/39989442
 import os, tempfile, subprocess
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ def run(args):
 
     for comp in comps2commit:
         git = GitRepository(comp.remote, comp.local)
+        if args.all:
+            stage_files(git, comp, commit=True)
+
         staged_files = git.get_staged_files()
         if staged_files:
             git.commit_files(args.message,tf_file)
diff --git a/mepo.d/command/stage/stage.py b/mepo.d/command/stage/stage.py
index b3514143..157016ec 100644
--- a/mepo.d/command/stage/stage.py
+++ b/mepo.d/command/stage/stage.py
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@ def run(args):
     comps2stg = [x for x in allcomps if x.name in args.comp_name]
     for comp in comps2stg:
         git = GitRepository(comp.remote, comp.local)
-        curr_ver = MepoVersion(*git.get_version())
-        if curr_ver.detached: # detached head
-            raise Exception('{} has detached head! Cannot stage.'.format(comp.name))
-        for myfile in git.get_changed_files(args.untracked):
-            git.stage_file(myfile)
-            print('+ {}: {}'.format(comp.name, myfile))
+        stage_files(git, comp, args.untracked)
+
+def stage_files(git, comp, untracked=False, commit=False):
+    curr_ver = MepoVersion(*git.get_version())
+    if curr_ver.detached: # detached head
+        raise Exception(f"{comp.name} has detached head! Cannot stage.")
+    for myfile in git.get_changed_files(untracked):
+        git.stage_file(myfile)
+        print_output = f"{comp.name}: {myfile}"
+        if commit:
+            print(f"Staged: {print_output}")
+        else:
+            print(f"+ {print_output}")
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14ff6344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PyYAML==5.1.2