Question:
I want to create a folder in a GitHub repository and want to add files in that folder. How do I achieve this?
Answer:
You cannot create an empty folder and then add files to that folder, but rather creation of a folder must happen together with adding of at least a single file. This is because git doesn’t track empty folders.
On GitHub you can do it this way:
- Go to the folder inside which you want to create another folder
- Click on New file
- On the text field for the file name, first write the folder name you want to create
- Then type
/. This creates a folder - You can add more folders similarly
- Finally, give the new file a name (for example,
.gitkeepwhich is conventionally used to make Git track otherwise empty folders; it is not a Git feature though) - Finally, click Commit new file.