git add . not including all the directory content .

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I m trying to push a repository to github.com . After following their instructions

touch README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git remote add origin https://github.com/VihaanVerma89/RandomSolutions.git
git push -u origin master

I see that my project bin and src folder are empty on github , a similar problem solved this issue by

git add .

However after following this advice I still see that some files are not getting staged for commit. gitk shows Local uncommited changes, not checked to index (check the last image). enter image description here

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It seems like git add . should work...what happens if you do git reset HEAD && git add .? (Make sure you don't include the --hard option when you reset) — Steven Wexler
– Steven Wexler, Commented May 28, 2013 at 21:49
And you're not doing anything between git add . and git status (e.g. building)? — Steven Wexler
– Steven Wexler, Commented May 28, 2013 at 22:04

pktangyue · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-29 02:28:54Z

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From the screenshot of your first commit in github, bin and src were tracked by git as submodules.

That is to say, when you were adding all the files, there were .git directories in bin and src. So the simplest way to solve your problem is delete all .git directories except the root one.

answered May 29, 2013 at 2:28

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Vihaan Verma Over a year ago

right on man ! . I guess I even tried adding the src/ and bin/ manually with each files name , may be that created an additional .git directory in the sub folders.

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