Git, commit and push changes with deleted file not working

Question

Usually when I have to commit my daily work I use:

git add * 
git commit -m "my commit message"
git push origin master

This commands are very base. But I've notice that deleted file are not deleted from my remote repo. In fact if I delete a generic file "example.txt" (on my local folder)after push changes on Github the file still remain.

Tecnically with git add * the deleted files should be recognized, or not? How can I remove from my remote repo the deleted file?

Thanks

Answer 1

git add does not by default record file deletions. Passing the --all flag will tell it to also look for deleted files.

As Tim Biegeleisen suggested, it is worth combining the use of git status to see the changes in your working directory, and then using git add <filename> to add them one by one. This way you have more visibility and control over what you add to the staging area. You can also use git add <directory> to add a whole directory at once, or git add -i which will ask git to walk you through each file change and let you choose to stage it or ignore it.

Answer 2

git add * does not track the deleted files it only includes modified or new added files. You have to use

$ git add . --all

to track all files (deleted files included)

Refs: docs