🚀 How to Add New Files in Git

When you create new files in your Git repository, you need to stage, commit, and push them to GitHub. Here's how to do it step by step.

📌 Steps to Add New Files in Git

1️⃣ Create a New File

You can create a new file using a text editor or terminal:

touch newfile.txt

or

echo "Hello, Git!" > newfile.txt

2️⃣ Check the File Status

Use git status to see untracked files:

git status

It will show:

Untracked files:  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)newfile.txt

3️⃣ Stage the New File

To add a single file:

git add newfile.txt

To add multiple files:

git add file1.txt file2.txt

To add all new and modified files:

git add .

4️⃣ Commit the File

After staging, commit the file with a message:

git commit -m "Added newfile.txt"

5️⃣ Push the File to GitHub

To push the changes to the main branch:

git push origin main

For another branch (e.g., feature-branch):

git push origin feature-branch

🔥 Example Workflow

touch hello.txt
git add hello.txtgit commit -m "Added hello.txt"git push origin main

🎯 Summary

✅ Create a file → touch filename
✅ Check status → git status
✅ Stage file → git add filename
✅ Commit file → git commit -m "message"
✅ Push to GitHub → git push origin branch-name