git add " Nothing specified nothing added "

Question

I'm new to using git and I'm getting a bit confused. What I'm trying to do is set up a new repository for a particular project folder. My first question is where exactly do I need to be filewise in the terminal, Desktop or the Folder itself to initialize the files. I tried navigating to the actual folder and typed in git status which listed the files as untracked so I typed git add to stage for commit which came up with "Nothing specified, nothing added. Maybe you wanted to say 'git add"

Not sure where I have gone wrong.

Answer 1

Please use git add . instead of git add