This file is hidden - github error

Question

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/attachment/7230109/3056274/

I am having the same problem as this guy, I was wondering how to track hidden files and their contents so that they can be committed. Github seems to be globally blocking and ignoring my files (no matter which repo) when I try and drag and drop my files into it.

The problem started after I committed folders named lab1, lab2, lab3 through command line. I then later decided to remove them used

git rm -r lab1/ lab2/ lab3/

Now when I try to add all of the folders back to git, they are "detectless" and do not show up on git status, when I git add them from my local folder even with changes to my gitignore file.

Answer 1

First, you can check if this is a .gitignore issue by typing, from the root folder of your repo:

git check-ignore -v -- lab1/a_File_In_Lab1

Second, Make sure Lab1 does not have a .git subfolder in it: that would make it a nested repository, and you would need a git rm --cached Lab1 (no trailing slash) to remove the gitlink recorded in your main repo.