can't git add . files, how do i git add , the right way?

Question

Hi I am new on ruby on rails, I am creating an app with the ruby on rails version 3. I am having trouble, I have a lot of files to add. I type command git status and the following comes up , then I typed git add . and nothing happens. What am I missing?

$ git status

On branch master Untracked files: (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)

.CFUserTextEncoding
.DS_Store
.bash_history
.bash_profile
.bash_sessions/
.bashrc
.bundle/
.cache/
.config/
.gem/
.gitconfig
.heroku/
.local/
.mkshrc
.mplayer/
.netrc
.node-gyp/
.npm/
.oracle_jre_usage/
.profile
.rvm/
.ssh/
.subversion/
.viminfo
.zlogin
.zshrc
Applications/
Desktop/
Documents/
Downloads/
FrostWire/
Library/
Movies/
Music/
Pictures/
Public/
RubymineProjects/
homebrew/
keys.txt
workspace/

seems you are not inside your project folder. after running the `rails new` command, move into your web app directory first by using `cd project directory` command — Imran Ali, Jan 09 '17 at 01:11
Did you store it in `RubymineProjects` or under `workspace` perhaps? — Michael Durrant, Jan 09 '17 at 01:16
Guessing maybe you have GIT_DIR set in a startup file pointing to your ~ because otherwise u should get `fatal: not a git repo...` when not within a repo.. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/23975989/631619 — Michael Durrant, Jan 09 '17 at 01:25
i have created like 3 app on accident with heroku when i only needed one, using heroku create command , this the name of the last app i made "rocky-garden-26832" — Carlo Cappellini, Jan 09 '17 at 01:26

zeekhuge · Answer 1 · 2017-04-06T21:28:17.453

Looks like you have initialized your home directory as a git repo.

If you are very new to git, I would recommend you to install a Gui client to use git. There are many of them, just google it.

If you still want to use the terminal approach, read on:

Follow these steps

first, use the cd command to navigate to the your project folder, like :
```
$ cd ~/path/to/the/your/project
```
then, use git status to see if your project folder is already a git repo. If not, use git init to make your project a git repo.
further then you can add all your project files normally using git add --all ./ (if you what to add them all)

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '17 at 11:15

-1

check list of remotes using

git remote

Install git-cola UI use for stage/unstage and commit files easily. You can also easily see the changes made in files.

In ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install git-cola

Move to your app directory and write command

cola

It will display all changes in file. Stage it and commit it.

answered Jan 09 '17 at 11:15

puneet18

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Install git cola and stage files. Its the same way as you use git add . – puneet18 Jan 09 '17 at 11:41
check .git file in your app directory. is it there or not? – puneet18 Jan 09 '17 at 11:41
check the git submodules if any under app. – puneet18 Jan 11 '17 at 06:43

can't git add . files, how do i git add , the right way?

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