I have a code repository in Github. I tried adding a new directory in the codebase using the command: git add CodeRevision where CodeRevision is a new directory. I got "fatal: pathspec 'CodeRevision/' did not match any files" message. Is it not possible to add a new directory in GIT?
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Git only tracks files, not directories. – SLaks Feb 13 '18 at 18:51
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1Possible duplicate of [How to commit a directory into a git repository?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1573883/how-to-commit-a-directory-into-a-git-repository) – phd Feb 13 '18 at 22:33
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Git does not track empty directories. Some people put a .gitkeep inside of the otherwise empty directories they want to track.
Or you could include a .gitignore as explained here.
It really begs the question: If it's empty, why track it? But that's for you to answer.
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Git only tracks files, not directories.
If you put a file in the directory and add that, the directory will automatically exist.
But there is no way to create an empty directory in git.
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See, I have a folder/directory 'CodeRevision' with 20-odd files inside a directory structure Dashboard/DAM_Application/Alerts/. I want to take it one level up to Dashboard/DAM_Application/. Now at this one level up I do not have any CodeRevision directory. So, I am not able to figure out how i can do this. – Arnav Bose Feb 13 '18 at 19:09
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'make a directory' - which means a new directory, right? then how do i add this new directory inside Dashboard/DAM_Application? – Arnav Bose Feb 13 '18 at 19:13
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Using the filesystem. Move files where to where you want them to be, then add those files to git. – SLaks Feb 13 '18 at 21:16
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If you're trying to add empty directories into your Git repository. See: How can I add an empty directory to a Git repository?
You need to have content (i.e. a .gitkeep, .gitignore) inside the directory for Git to track.
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