How to make git track new files, not just existing files?

Question

Finally going to give up and ask for help. Having some git (windows) issues. If I make changes to an existing file,I can add-commit-push as usual. However, if I create a new file, git does not track it at all. Regardless of folder or extension. I am quite certain this is not a gitignore issue.

I've tried cloning a fresh instance. Tried adding several file types. No errors, git just doesn't seem to be aware of new files.

Thanks for any assistance!

Answer 1

Make sure first those new files are not ignored:

cd /path/to/cloned/repo
git check-ignore -v -- a/new/file

If not, then a git status should list them, you can then add and commit said new files.