git is not detecting changed files

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I changed 2 java files deep in my directory structure relative to the root of the project. At the root of my project i gave command git add --all and then git commit -m "some message". Git only added files that changed at the root of the project and git push only pushed changed files at root of the project to the remote git. When i manually tried adding the files and doing a commit, git said no changes and hence commit was ignored.

How do i get git to recognize changed files?

With a normal setup, what you did works. Thus, there's something unusual about your setup, such as a symlink, submodule, or ignored file/directory. Please post more details about exactly how your project looks in that sense. — Joseph Sible-Reinstate Monica, May 24 '19 at 00:46
it's a maven project, which has a src folder and test folder in its root. the src folder contains recursive folders which contained changed .java files — Jimm, May 24 '19 at 00:52
for e.g. /src/main/java/com/org/xx/ folder containing abc.java file — Jimm, May 24 '19 at 00:55
i even did a `git diff HEAD:src/main/java/com/example/demo/TokenExtractor.java origin/master:src/main/java/com/example/demo/TokenExtractor.java` to check difference between local and remote — Jimm, May 24 '19 at 00:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '19 at 04:58

The possible reasons are:

git update-index was used to set assume-unchanged or skip-worktree (check it here)
your files are part of a nested git repo (there is a .git somewhere in your subfolders)
your files are part of a submodule (check for a .gitmodules file)

git is not detecting changed files

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