git - Locally pushing GitHub Repository to master branch:Not pushing folders -

so i've got local copy of github repository , pushed local changed master branch.

only individual files added , not new folders containing files

any idea why folders weren't uploaded?

i used git clone

git add .

git commit -m "blah"

git push origin master

to make changes pre-existing repository did not make whole new repository git init , didn't "bare" or whatever command is.

as determined in comments question -

if have files, or parent folder files matching pattern in project's .gitignore file, without specific exceptions files trying add

git add .

then git not stage files, therefore not committed or pushed subsequent commands.

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