"git add ." not working

Question

In a folder in my project I am trying "git add images" (images is a folder). Nothing happens. I also went into the images and ran "git add ." and nothing happened.

In both cases "git status" tells me my branch is up to date.

What do I need to do?

In your repo directory, look at the .gitignore file and see if any of the rules there might match your folder. If so, remove/modify them so they don't. — 17slim
– 17slim, Commented Jun 5, 2018 at 22:28
Oh, and if it's empty it might lead to issues as well. As suggested here maybe add a .gitignore for now. (if you plan to put things in it, just leave the file empty and it might work) — 17slim
– 17slim, Commented Jun 5, 2018 at 22:31

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-06 04:19:38Z

First, if images/ is an empty folder, Git would not add it: it adds only files.
Adding just a folder requires indeed adding a file, like a .keep, or a .gitignore if you don't want to track its content.

Second, if images/ is a folder with files, and those files are not added, pick one of those untracked file (that you cannot add), and type:

git check-ignore -v -- images/afile

That way, you won't have to check all .gitignore files: Git will do that for you, and print any .gitignore path (and the rule in it) which is responsible for images/ content (the files) to be ignored (you would need to do git add -f to force them to be added)

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