Adding subdirectories in existing git repository
You have done git push
but the new folders didn’t got pushed. What happened?
Having new folders and subfolders in the git repository, but the files under those not showing in the server?
Adding subdirectories in existing git repositories should have been direct right? But, sometimes it is not. I will show you How to add subdirectory in existing git repository
Let’s say you have existing git repository my-git-repo
and you want to add new folder under it: new-folder/another-sub-folder
Step by steps to add git subdirectories in existing git repository
1. Create folder in the repository you are going to create new folders
mkdir -p new-folder/another-sub-folder
2. Now if you do git status
you will see the new folder under new listing.
3. Create a file under another-sub-folder otherwise git won’t show nothing.
cd new-folder/another-sub-folder && touch some-file.xml
4. Go to another-sub-folder and issue git init
5. Now go back to the root of the folder and issue git add new-folder/
6. You are done, when you do git status
you will see your new files being listed for commit.