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

This error is raised because the file you are adding to the repository is not created. First create the file and then add it to the staging area:

touch filename
git add filename