Fatal: pathspec 'file.txt' did not match any files, GIT

Question

I have just started learing GIT. Follow their tutorial.

Now at the very beginning I got stuck with this error:

Fatal: pathspec \'file.txt\' did not match         


        

Answer 1

In order to add a file to git it has to exist. git add does not create a file, but tells git to add it to the current branch you are on and track it. So you should create a new file in the command line :

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After that you add :

git add