Troubleshooting misplaced .git directory (nothing to commit)

Question

I started getting this message. No matter what I edit and try to commit, it says there is nothing to commit. Looks like git does not see my working directory and looking som

Answer 1

I just had this problem myself because I was in the wrong folder. I was nested 1 level in, so there were no git files to be found.

When I execute cd .. to the correct directory, I was able to commit, as expected.