git push origin master creating empty directories in github

Question

I have cloned certain github repositories to my laptop. Now I want to push these local directories to my github .When I do "git push origin master" everything does smoothly. But if I have a look at my github repository I can only see empty directories getting created. All the directories are under the same directory . The commands that I perform to update on github : git add . git commit -m "" git push origin master

Following is a snapshot of my github view :

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '17 at 12:53

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i think you havent added new files to repository

 1. git status
 2. git add -A
 3. git commit -am "your commit"
 4. git push origin master

try these i believe this will help yo

answered Jun 25 '17 at 12:53

sainanky

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Hi Ankit , Thanks for your response ! I just tried the mentioned commands, but I see the same empty directories :(. – Samar Jun 27 '17 at 10:38

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '17 at 15:04

I did the following and it worked :

git rm --cached Retrofit2SampleApp

git rm --cached ud851-Sunshine

rm -rf Retrofit2SampleApp/.git

rm -rf ud851-Sunshine/.git

git add Retrofit2SampleApp

git add ud851-Sunshine

git commit -m "commit after removing cache and .git inside the folders"

git push origin master

Got some clue from the following link : Git - how to track untracked content?

git push origin master creating empty directories in github

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