Why am I getting "Commit failed with error: pathspec ... did not match any file(s)"?

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Dario picture Dario · Jan 28, 2015 · Viewed 88.3k times · Source

I am having some issues with Git.

I have a repository where I can commit any file to without problem. However, there is a single file 'Funder.php' which, when I try committing, tells me there is an error as:

Commit failed with error:
pathspec 'application/libraries/Funder.php' did not match any file(s) known to git.

I am quite new to this, so was wondering if anybody could please help?

Answer

Daniel Silva picture Daniel Silva · Aug 20, 2015

The reason why this error happens is pointed in this post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29485441/2769415

Windows’ file system is mostly case-insensitive, so you cannot rename a file by just changing its capitalization. Instead, you will have to use a temporary name in between.

Solution: Rename the file back to the original one, then rename it to a different name, then back to the one with the correct capitalization. Git will not throw the bug anymore.

Example:

Created FOOBar class.
Renamed it to FooBar and then got the error.
Rename it back to FOOBar.
Rename to FooBarTest.
Rename to FooBar.
Git works now.

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