2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6602455ca..ca2532395 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ before_install:
       else
         echo "Found changes, proceeding with submodule updates"
         git submodule update --remote --force
-        git add .
-        git commit -m "Update submodules [skip ci]" || true
+        git commit -am "Update submodules [skip ci]" || true
       fi
       echo "Completed merging from develop branch and upgrading submodules"
     fi
@@ -70,13 +69,12 @@ script:
     fi
   - |
     if [ $TRAVIS_BRANCH == "nightly" ]; then
-      git add .
-      git commit -m "Apply linter fixes [skip ci]"
+      git commit -am "Apply linter fixes [skip ci]"
       npm version prerelease --preid=nightly -m "%s and trigger AppVeyor nightly build [skip travisci]"
       echo "Building for nightly..."
       travis_retry travis_wait 100 npm run build -- --publish always -c.publish.provider=github -c.publish.owner=getferdi -c.publish.repo=nightlies
       if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "osx" ]; then
         git remote add nightly https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/getferdi/ferdi.git > /dev/null 2>&1
-        git push --quiet --set-upstream nightly HEAD:nightly >/dev/null 2>&1
+        git push -qu nightly HEAD:nightly >/dev/null 2>&1
       fi
     fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75a88adec..a5954e66c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -332,8 +332,7 @@ Create a new [draft release](https://github.com/getferdi/ferdi/releases/new) tha
 $ git checkout develop && git pull
 $ git checkout release
 $ git submodule update --remote --force
-$ git add .
-$ git commit -m "Update submodules"
+$ git commit -am "Update submodules"
 $ git merge --no-ff develop
 $ git push
 ```