What Does Question Mark Mean in Xcode Project Navigator?

Question

In the project navigator in Xcode, I am not sure what the ? is trying to tell me next to the file name.

Answer 1

Following steps resolved issue for me:

• Select all your files with "?"
• Right click and select Source Control
• Select Add Selected Files
• Select Commit Selected Files...
• On the popup dialog just drop some comment (no matter what=)

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Answer 2

Those are uncommitted files if your using GIT, you need to right click Source Control>Commit Selected File manually. It should take away the "?" on the new version of Xcode 6.3.2 as of today

Answer 3

You can add to source control by selecting the untracked files

Answer 4

Those characters refer to the source control.

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• ? - Unversioned
• M - Modified
• A - Added
• A+ - Moved / renamed
• U - Newer version of a file on source control

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More reference here

Answer 5

Along with all other answers. This shouldn't happen by default UNLESS you have changed the settings in Xcode.

From Xcode Preferences >> Source Control >> make sure 'Add and remove files automatically' is selected

Answer 6

I suddenly get one my file Unversioned (with ? mark), but it was old file.

It was .m file. Before problem occurred, I created copy of it, for making new similar class. I renamed a class and add new file to XCode.

Problem (with old file become Unversioned) was in not renamed comment string at beginning:

//
//  MyFirstClass.m

When I renamed it, problem with Unversioned file was resolved.

//
//  MySecondClass.m

Hope it'll helpful somebody.

P.S. Additionally maybe needed to remove and copy back this files.