Question

I created a repo directly on GitHub using by browser, than using git bash cloned the repo to my machine, I was able to do a test commit with bash using the readme file.

I keep getting fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree when running git –work-tree=yourSrcFolder add .

Was looking here and here for some clue but after 4 hours ready to give up on ever using Git.

Answer 1

Simply move any file you wish to add into the repo directory, then add them to the git tracking.

Example: suppose you want to add a file named test.txt to your git repo.

1. Move it into your repository directory
2. run git add test.txt
3. commit the file using git commit -m "Added test file to the repo"
4. push your modification to the remote server git push