On Thursday, August 7, 2014 7:31:51 PM UTC+2, Ben Ruppel wrote: > > Hi, > I'm very new to git. I just created a new repository in a directory with > existing code with Git Gui 1.9.4 in windows. All of the files that were in > the directory appear to be listed in "Unstaged Changes" in the upper left. > I'm not sure how to proceed. Should I commit them? I did set git up to > use Windows end of line for checkouts and then to check back in with Unix > style end of line, which is desired as this code is eventually heading out > to a linux system. > > Can anyone explain what is going on with the files in the "unstaged > changes" box? >
This is normal. Git is just telling you that there are a bunch of files in the current directory that haven't been added to the Git repository yet. You would see the same unstaged changes if you run `git status` on the command line. After initializing a repository, you have to explicitly tell Git which files are to be version controlled. Doing so is a two-phase operation. You first stage, or add, which files you want to track, and then you commit the first revision, typically with a commit message like "Initial commit". Example: git add src (adds everything in the directory src/) git add README (adds the single file) git add :/ (adds absolutely everything) Then: git commit -m "Initial commit" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
