Update files on github from bash

Question

I'm really sorry if this has been asked before, my searching skills are bad.

So I want to update my github repo with my local code, but it always says "Everything up-to-date" So I have one file I modified, and I try

• git add Main.cs
• git commit -m 'Commit'
• git push origin master

But it still says Up-To-Date even though the file on my local system is different than the one on the repo.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

It sounds to me like you may have a configuration problem.

The output of git config --list --local should contain this

remote.origin.url=https://github.com/myname/repo.git 
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
branch.master.remote=origin
branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master

You should definitely have the settings for branch.master. Also, note the protocol https:// on the remote.origin.url.

I would recommend editing your config to contain the four lines, using this command

git config --local --edit

When you manually edit the file it should look like this

[remote "origin"]
    url = https://github.com/myname/repo.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "master"]
    remote = origin
    merge = refs/heads/master

Answer 2

I am also currently going to the Udemy class - "GitHub Ultimate: Master Git and GitHub." In reference to your previous problem, I ran into the same problem. I found in VS Code, with Autosave on, you can simply click on the file in your VS Code editor and make the changes. When you enter 'git status', your response will be 'modified: filename.ext' (In the case of Udemy, 'modified: README.md')