title: git not adding existing folder
body: <p>I started working on a project recently, then decided to push it up to github. So I did the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cd &lt;root&gt;
  git init
  git add -A
  git commit -m 'message'
  git remote add origin &lt;ur&gt;
  git push -u origin master
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this, however, omitted an entire folder of my project. its basically a folder 1 level down from my root folder so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>root
   -folder //omitted
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm trying to do <code>git add -A / git add * / git add .</code> but every time I do <code>git status</code> it says there are changes but the folder is untracked.</p>
  
  <p>I even tried to specifically add the folder <code>git add folderName</code> but <code>git status</code> is still showing it as untracked. </p>
  
  <p>I also tried to navigate into the folder itself, and do a <code>git add *</code> and that added everything INSIDE of this folder, but I just cant seem to add the folder itself. </p>
  
  <p>any idea what else I can do?</p>