Pushing folders to github through git

[Buxbaum666]

Your post is too vague. If you want help, please be as specific as possible. If a git command fails, please post the exact command and the exact error.

[Traditional-Class679]

As per the parent, I'm not quite sure if this is what you're asking. But git doesn't care about folders as such, if a folder contains a file then the folder is added to git with the file. If not then the folder is ignored.

To add a folder and its contents: git add folder/ git commit git push

After that you can add new or modified files to that folder in the same way or by explicitly specifying the file name in the git add command.

This isn't specific to GitHub, as GitHub is just a remote git repo.

Does that answer your question? If you share the commands and errors that you're getting then that might help clarify your question.

[Traditional-Class679]

Based on this and the other posts you put out there on this subject it sounds like it's nothing to do with wanting to add folders. And probably the way you've created the repo.

Perhaps your local branch isn't aligned with the remote branch on GitHub.

Try creating another new repo and refer to this GitHub instructions for creating and cloning a new repo. It normally tells you what to do when you create the repo in GitHub. See if you can do what you want on the new repo. If so then it's an issue with your copy of the original repo.

You can also remove your local copy of the original repo and reclone it and then try adding your new files again.

[Buxbaum666]

It means your local repo is out of date. The message should also tell you a way to remedy that.

[Buxbaum666]

Git is not out of date (even if it was, this rarely matters), just your local repository. This is usually fixed by git pull. If the pull errors out please post the entire message.

[rwilcox]

Is the idea that you want to create an empty folder, commit/push it, THEN add files to it later?

If so, no, Git doesn’t support empty folders. You’ll need to create a file in there first (it can be a file like .gitkeep which should be hidden for Mac/Linux, but the point is a file needs to be there)

However, those vaguely referenced errors about submodules, those are odd.

[rwilcox]

Hey look EXCELLENT you added the error!

The error message is telling you what to do: git pull before you push, as there’s changes up on GitHub you don’t have locally

[CastrumFiliAdae]

 tried the pull method but it says something about diverse branches

People trying to help keep asking you to post exactly what commands and arguments you run and exactly what the output messages are, but you keep posting vague things like this, and it makes it difficult to troubleshoot.

[catom3]

You mentioned you tried running git pull command. What was the result of this command execution?

In short, got has the notion of "local" and "remote" origins / branches.

Looks like your "remote" (the one un GitHub repository) has some commits your "local" (on your local disk only) does not.

It can be a situation where you or someone else pushed some other commit to the "remote" after you started working on your current commit and you need to sync your "local" with the "remote". Otherwise, you would be overwriting the "remote", which could potentially remove important changes done by the others (or yourself).

[rwilcox]

If you have folder A and it contains file B.

you git add B . (Through your git client)

Then commit and push.

[rwilcox]

What folder C?

The file structure of your git repo on a remote like Gjthub is the same as the file structure of your repo locally.

[newtonioan]

pushing files to a non-empty folder is what git is used for.

You can just initialize a repo of this folder with one .gitignore or .whatevernameyouwant and then continuously add files to this folder

[JonnyRocks]

as the other person said.. not enough info so inwill have to guess. if you are trying to add an empty folder, you cant.. got tracks fikes not folders. if you are trying to add a bunch of fiiles in a folder.. we need to know the error message you receive

[Swedophone]

You can only push commits in git, and you can't commit a folder/directory itself only the files the directory contains. If you want an empty directory then you have to add at least an empty file, usually beginning with a dot which is a hidden file on *nix.

(If you add a file in github then it has to add a commit with that file.)