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Dustin Snider
Dustin Snider

Reputation: 699

Github doesn't detect new folder

I am working with the Github windows client connected to my remote bitbuckket git. I recently started building a mobile version of my application in /mobile

I have been working in localhost/WEBSITENAME but am now in loaclhost/WEBSITENAME/mobile with the git repository folder set to the WEBSITENAME folder.

After creating the new folder Github is not detecting the new folder preventing me from pushing my new files.

Upvotes: 29

Views: 71155

Answers (7)

indiaaditya
indiaaditya

Reputation: 73

For me it was a wrong repository 🤣 So make some small modification, push the repo and check if the last update is of few moments back.

Upvotes: 0

Wizard
Wizard

Reputation: 1

I met the same problem, and a figure out that's come from the content in file .gitignore . The content was like this : "# created automatically /n *". and the fatal is "*" : it means you ignore all coding file in this resposity, so the $git status cant detective the coding file. just delete the "*" in .gitignore . it may the point.

Upvotes: 0

Saam
Saam

Reputation: 75

I faced the same problem

and didn't find the root of the problem but i found a way to solve my problem.

  1. First of all, make copy of local MOBILE folder and delete it.

  2. open your git in internet browser.

  3. go to your WEBSITENAME directory.

  4. find create new directory button in the user interface and create MOBILE directory.

    This action will be pushed as a new commit in the current git branch.

  5. run git pull in local, and see the created diretory

  6. copy the old MOBILE directory into new one.

  7. run git status and you see every thing is OK

I hope helpful. :)

Upvotes: 0

Jay Jay Jay
Jay Jay Jay

Reputation: 1990

Make sure that there is no .gitignore file anywhere in the folder that is blocking the specific folder you are trying to add or the file or its extension

Upvotes: 10

jtanaa
jtanaa

Reputation: 81

In that case you should check whether you have put /mobile in your .gitignore file. Or the solution provided by @meda would work.

Upvotes: 7

meda
meda

Reputation: 45490

If your directory structure looks like this:

/------WebsiteName/
        |
        |-----------/Mobile/

Then make sure you are in WebsiteName directory, then run git status

If you are still getting the same error then run the following in order:

git init
git status //here you should see the mobile folder and its files
git add --all
git commit -am "committing"
git push --all

Upvotes: 21

rixmit
rixmit

Reputation: 955

Git will ignore empty folders. Make sure at least one file is present in the new folder in the Git repository, or else you are not able to add it.

Upvotes: 82

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