Recursively add the entire folder to a repository

I am trying to add a branch to the master branch on GitHub and push a folder onto that branch.

The folder structure of the branch looks like - SocialApp/SourceCode/DevTrunk/SocialApp and all the source code files are in the last folder.

I am using the following Git commands:

git add *
git commit -m with the message
git push

This is pushing only the first folder "SocialApp" onto GitHub and ignoring the folder SourceCode that is inside the folder. How do I fix this?

Solution 1:

Check the .gitignore file, if the subdirectory is ignored.

Then try again

git add --all
git commit -am "<commit message>"
git push

Solution 2:

SETUP

• local repository at a local server
• client is connected to the local server via LAN

UPDATE(Sep 2020): use foldername/\* instead of foldername/\\*:

git add foldername/\*

To make it to the server...

git commit -m "comments..."
git push remote_server_name master

Mostly, users will assign remote_server_name as origin...

git remote add remote_server_name username@git_server_ip:/path/to/git_repo

Solution 3:

This worked for me:

git add . --force