Git Add command gets fatal: pathspec on existing file

Question

I have installed Git on Windows 10, created a new folder and executed a git init successfully and created a file named "test1.html" in the same folder. The "git add test1.html" command from the git bash console returns the following error message:

fatal: pathspec 'test1.html' did not match any files

executing an "ls -la" command returns proof the hidden.git subfolder is there along with the file I'm trying to add. Screenshot included shows such.

Any ideas what's wrong?

Answer 1

Confirm first that ls 'test1.html' does work, in case the filename ends with (invisible) spaces.

Then try the same git add in a CMD (without git bash) to see if the issue persists.

As phd adds in the comments , using cat -ETv , with -v for " --show-nonprinting ", you can see if there are any extra space by looking at the trailing ' $ ' in:

vonc@vclp MINGW64 ~/git/gitw (bubbletea)
$ ls -la | cat -ETv
total 13785$
drwxr-xr-x 1 vonc 197121       0 Jun 12 21:18 .$
drwxr-xr-x 1 vonc 197121       0 Jun  9 00:12 ..$
drwxr-xr-x 1 vonc 197121       0 Jun 13 11:49 .git$
-rw-r--r-- 1 vonc 197121      21 May 29 22:59 .gitattributes$
-rw-r--r-- 1 vonc 197121      88 Jun 10 20:44 .gitignore$
-rw-r--r-- 1 vonc 197121     511 Jun 11 18:41 go.mod$
-rw-r--r-- 1 vonc 197121    7418 Jun 11 18:41 go.sum$
drwxr-xr-x 1 vonc 197121       0 May 30 00:03 internal$
-rw-r--r-- 1 vonc 197121   12428 Jun 10 20:44 main.go$

Answer 2

try to run this commmand.
git config core.longpaths true