FAQ: Basic Git Workflow - git add

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This community-built FAQ covers the “git add” exercise from the lesson “Basic Git Workflow”.

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I wasn’t able to get the solution.

I wrote:
git add scene-1.txt

but it didn’t get through. What did i miss here?

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I am having the same issue.

The answer clearly seems to be:
git add scene-1.txt

But I am still getting an error. When I click to auto-solve the exercise, it does not explain anything. Is this a bug?

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First, you must type:
git init
Then you can type:
git add scene-1.txt

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@thestephenbell Why is there nothing that explains that tho?

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@jahnoel exactly!!!

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Type git status to see the status of the file. Then if need to do a git init. Then you can type

git add filename

Shortcut. Type git add sc and then press TAB and it will autocomplete the typing of that filename for you. TAB will autocomplete the filename if enough characters are there to uniquely match the filename you are trying to autocomplete.

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What are those .rb files that were getting created along the way.

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I know this isn’t codecademy’s fault, but why in the world is this tool so widely used? Surely there’s a better way to save and share different versions of projects than by typing everything into a command line like this.

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I also problem that .

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it is still error. Also I don’t see any autocomplete solu

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Welcome to the forums!

First, you need to initialize a Git repository. Then, use the git add command with the file scene-1.txt.

Hint

You can initialize a Git repository using the git init command.

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touch scene-1.txt
git add scene-1.txt
:slight_smile:

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It works for me, same solution

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Same here, it works.
I entered git init, touch scene-1.txt, git add scene-1.txt

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I was having the same issue, entries into the command line correct but still not adding, etc. Realised it was because I wasn’t saving the changes.

Make sure you are clicking save in the middle pain when you are making the additions to the scene-1.txt file before then adding, committing, etc.

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me too!!! i can’t figure it put

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oh i got it!
its git add scene-1.txt and it works

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it works like this:
git add scene-1.txt

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Great comment. Always good to check what we have or status. Especialy good comment if one took a break between excercises.