Skipping file outside repository

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Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:. Sorry, something went wrong. Like here in "John Doe". Can you please provide a screen recording? I experience the same issue. VSCode 1. Also, I'm not sure if it's related the functionality of the GitLens Extension is now broken as well, with it finding no file history for any given file in the repository.

Can you show me the full output of Git: Show Git Output? I renamed the folder of that project, cloned it again in to the old path, and copied all untracked files.

Oddly now it works perfectly. The old project folder still refuses to work. I still face that issue. Thanks dserke! I can confirm that deleting my project folder and recloning it made git work in VSCode again. Also thanks to joaomoreno for taking the time to look into this! I'm having the same issue with git in VSCode fatal I have no issues when I run the equivalent commands from the terminal.

What could be the problem? Questions: I have a set o f PDFs that display fine on my machine. However, they use non-standard fonts installed on my machine.

Add menu. First in the clone folder you can create a Branch so the master stay untouched Git Branch [name] After just copy the file you want in your old folder to the clone folder. A solution might be create a submodule, or using a symbolic link using ln -s.

Why does git say that my file is outside the repository? Ask Question. Asked 3 years, 3 months ago. Active 3 months ago. Viewed 9k times. Hey guys beginner here how do I upload file into github using git. How should I fix this? As the error message tells you, the file is outside of the repository. You can't do that with git.

Copy that file inside your local repo first and then verify if it;s present by typing git status. Which command line tool are you using?

Are you using Cygwin, or bash on Windows? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. My commit went through! Computer Toucher Computer Toucher 46 4 4 bronze badges.

Assuming you already have a repo set up on Github, you'll need to clone it on your computer.