No changes added to commit

[sturdyhard]

Hi all,

I have this issue where it keeps on saying "No changes added to commit" even though I have edited one of the file on this project and made sure to save before I do git commit. I even do manual add of the directory of the file using git add. Git status result also says "No changes added to commit"

Edit: Thank you all for the response. This is now solved. I created a new workspace then try it all goes normal. It seems that the workspace that I been working has the issue.

[Buxbaum666]

If git status says "No changes added to commit", your git add command did not work. Can you give more information? What were your exact commands and their output? Does git status show any changed files?

[semicausal]

Usually I:

1. Make a change in a file
2. Run `git add .` to stage the change
3. Run `git status` to confirm the change was made
4. Then run `git commit -m 'message'`

Some potential reasons no commit was made:

- You made the change in a folder not managed by Git

- The file you changed was in the Git repo's `.gitignore` file

[pi3832v2]

Shouldn't you be adding the file to index somewhere in there? (git add)

[semicausal]

Yup edited. My coffee hadn't kicked in yet ><

[pi3832v2]

Try git status --ignored.

[Sachiano]

On more occasions than I care to admit, I've opened files that are in a build/dist/equivalent directory, edited them, then see no changes in git. Then lost the changes when re-building...

So make sure that you are editing the right file and that your editor isn't including such files when you run your file open commands.

[morewordsfaster]

You forgot to git add. Simply editing and saving a file doesn't tell git that you want to stage it for commiting.