从现有目录创建git repo

Question

I have an appengine connected android project, so that the project consists of two directoris: CatProj and CatProj-AppEngine . Instead of having the two in the eclipse /workspace I put them in cats directory. Anyway, I create a git account and buy micro level so I can save private projects. Now I am following the instructions for putting my code on GitHub. When I do the following command inside my cat directory, I get the following message

git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /git_repo/cats/.git/

But the thing is the project is not empty: all the code for the app and server are in the directories. The reason I am paying attention to this message is because at the end of the instructions, when I check on github, both directories are there but empty: it does not push the content of CatProj or CatProj-AppEngine .

The steps I followed are https://help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo

git init
git add .
git commit -m 'first commit'
git remote add origin https://github.com/username/cats.git
git push origin master

When the above failed, I replaced . with * but I still get the same problem. So I am wondering if there is a recursive command to tell git to commit the recursive content of a directory

Answer 1

You could check the effect of git add by using:

man git add

git add [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
             [--edit | -e] [--[no-]all | --[no-]ignore-removal | [--update | -u]]
             [--intent-to-add | -N] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing]
             [--] [<pathspec>...]

Also to get some more help on how to use git, i suggest you to check this site: http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/

Answer 2

This should be working..

1. Check whether git is working; Try creating test directory and some files with git
2. Ensure to issue commands from git directory; use command "pwd"
3. Check for your exclude rules in .gitignore and .git/info/exclude; In .git folder

If this is not working try reinstalling git -- or -- use TortoiseGit it is GUI application for git https://tortoisegit.org/download/

Answer 3

If I understand correctly, you are wondering why git init inside a directory full of files tells you:

Initialized empty Git repository in /git_repo/cats/.git/

The directory where you run the command is called the work tree , which is different from the repository . Your work tree is full of files. But the repository is still empty. Until you add files with git add and commit with git commit , the repository is empty.

I'm not sure what error you're talking about at the end of your post. After you commit some revisions to your repository, and push them to GitHub, you should see your files and commits on GitHub. The steps you wrote above are correct and should work. If you get an error message, include it in your post.

Btw, it's better to add the -u flag to your initial push, like this:

git push -u origin master

And for your information, git add . and git add * are different, because * normally doesn't include the files starting with a dot. git add . will recursively add the current directory (including files starting with . ), and all subdirectories.