Update file with Git on Windows

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I recent installed Git and I'm trying to update a file using this command: (On windows 7)

git add Probe.txt

But it says "fatal: pathspec 'probe' did not match any files" I'm in the directory which the file is. In fact, if I try git status I get "modified: Probe.txt".

How should I update my file?

robrich · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-08 20:39:18Z

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try git add . which will add everything. Not sure why the specific filename isn't working, but this definitely should.

answered Jun 8, 2012 at 20:39

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kostix · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-08 20:42:21Z

Looks like you're actually entering a space after "Probe" for some reason, observe:

~% cd /tmp /tmp% mkdir foo /tmp% cd foo foo% git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/foo/.git/ foo% git add probe .txt fatal: pathspec 'probe' did not match any files foo%

I'm not on Windows at the moment but I think you can get the idea.

If you're pretty sure it's not the case, please re-try your command after setting

set GIT_TRACE=1

and update your question by the output of git add Probe.txt so we could guess further.

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