Troubleshooting misplaced .git directory (nothing

Question

I started getting this message. No matter what I edit and try to commit, it says there is nothing to commit. Looks like git does not see my working directory and looking somewhere else.

If I run git status it outputs the same:

nothing to commit (working directory clean)

If I create new branch and edit something, then same thing happens. This started happening when I needed to fix merge clashes. When I wanted to merge my one branch with master branch, I had to manually fix it and I needed my files to look exactly as in that branch overwriting master branch those same files. So I added those files and it let me merge it. But then no matter what I change it shows as there is nothing to commit.

What could be done here?

Answer 1

On branch master Problem it is committed already nothing to commit (working directory clean) if faced this problem then just only use the following command

git push -u origin master

or

git reset
git add .
git commit -m "your commit message"
git push -u origin master

Answer 2

if .git is already there in your dir, then follow:

1. rm -rf .git/
2. git init
3. git remote add origin http://xyzremotedir/xyzgitproject.git
4. git commit -m "do commit"
5. git push origin master

Answer 3

Don't try commiting / adding files. Just run the following 2 commands (:

    git remote add origin http://xyzremotedir/xyzgitproject.git
    git push origin master

Answer 4

In my case I had previously initialized a git directory where I was trying to create a new one. I just deleted all the old files and started from scratch.

Answer 5

Don't use git commit. Skip commit and it will work.

Just do the

git remote add origin 

and

git push