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Start your free trialMargaret James
9,444 Points[Running XCode on Yosemite] Git commit command for test file not functioning
Following along w/ the tutorial but got stumped when attempting to commit test "README" file.
Code below:
Margarets-MacBook-Pro:~ margaretjames$ ls -a
. .cups Library
.. .git Movies
.CFUserTextEncoding .gitconfig Music
.DS_Store .ssh Pictures
.Trash Desktop Public
.bash_history Documents may_project
.config Downloads my_first_repository
Margarets-MacBook-Pro:~ margaretjames$ cd may_project
Margarets-MacBook-Pro:may_project margaretjames$ ls -a
. .. .git README
Margarets-MacBook-Pro:may_project margaretjames$ git commit
On branch master
Initial commit
Untracked files:
README
nothing added to commit but untracked files present
Any ideas?
1 Answer
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsHi Margaret,
Before you can commit to your local repository you first need to add your README file to the staging area, you can do this by using the git add
command.
git add README
Hope that helps.