How to fix: error: '' does not have a commit checked out fatal: adding files failed when inputting “git add .” in command prompt

Question

I\'m trying to add a ruby rails file to my repository in gitlab but it somehow wouldn\'t allow me to add the file saying that my file does not have commit checked out.

Answer 1

If you have a subdirectory with a .git directory and try to git add . you will see this message.

This can happen if you have a git repo and then create/clone another repo in a subdirectory under that repo.