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

You don't need to delete the entire file from the directory as the first answer suggests, I just had to delete the .git directory, and then your git add . will work

This happens for the reason @Mario Zigliotto suggested, there is another repo in a subdirectory under that repo.