github changes not staged for commit

Question

I have a very basic github setup with a readme, a directory, and another directory inside it with an html file. On github I can only view the readme and the first folder but none of its contents, and I am getting this message

tc349 ryntc3$ git add * tc349 ryntc3$ git status On branch master Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)   modified:   week1 (modified content)  no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") 

I feel like if I am adding all to be staged that it should not be an issue. Any help?

Answer 1

Have you tried

git add . 

This recurses into sub-directories, whereas I don't think * does.

See here

Answer 2

WARNING! THIS WILL DELETE THE ENTIRE GIT HISTORY FOR YOUR SUBMODULE. ONLY DO THIS IF YOU CREATED THE SUBMODULE BY ACCIDENT. CERTAINLY NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN MOST CASES.

I think you have to go inside week1 folder and delete the .git folder:

sudo rm -Rf .git 

then go back to top level folder and do:

git add . 

then do a commit and push the code.