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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Committing Changes

Posted by Margaret James
Margaret 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
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi 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.