Add a new file

[Sherry Jackson]

In my local development site I have added a new file but it doesn't show up in the Unstaged Files by default.  How do you add it there so I can add it to the repository and commit it?

[Russell Wagner]

Make sure you are showing Untracked Files in the window that shows modified files. You have to add the new (untracked) files to get them into your repository.

[Mihaela Gaspar]

I like @Russell Wagner answer - because I always had "Pending" option. But unfortunately with the "Untracked" option, I no longer see the modified files. 

I think this is a bug in SourceTree - in the past I was able to see added and modified files at the same time.

To deal with not seeing the added files, I have been opening the Terminal from SourceTree top bar, and typing 

    git add -u

Then pressing F5 would show the added files directly in the staged files box.

[Mikael Sandberg]

Hi @Sherry Jackson,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

If you run git status in the repository from the command line do you see it then? If not then you might have a .gitignore file that tells Git not to add the file to the repository. 

[Sherry Jackson]

Hi @Mikael Sandberg - I'm very new to this.  I found another article and followed it by adding the file via the bitbucket website but now it is giving me a conflict on the pull because the local file exists.

Is there a way that if I add a file locally that the Sourcetree application will pick it up automatically to be pushed to the repository?

[Mikael Sandberg]

Yes, normally when you add a file to your repository Sourcetree will pick it up right away. But if you have a .gitignore file that specifies files that should be ignored. 

To solve the conflict you see on the pull you can move/remove the local file and then the pull should work.