How do I add a project to Git (solution already added)

David Thielen 3,136

Hi all;
This is weird, I have a solution with one project that is all in Git/DevOps. I created it and added it through VisualStudio. This is all working fine.

I added a UnitTest project to the solution and it's added fine. But this project is not added to Git.

And all the expected menu items to "add to Git" don't exist. It's like VisualStudio thinks it's added, but it isn't.

Part of the problem may be that both projects are in peer folders and the .sln file is in the folder of the main project.

How do I fix this?

thanks - dave

David Lowndes 4,716 Reputation points

2022-04-05T22:37:14.227+00:00

At what point in your folder structure is your Git repository (the hidden .git folder)?
If its not at the common root of both projects, that's probably why.
David Thielen 3,136 Reputation points

2022-04-05T23:42:40.33+00:00

It is in the folder of the first project and the .sln file. So the unit test is ../UnitTest from that folder.
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 31,416 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-04-06T05:03:29.047+00:00

Hi @David Thielen , please open Git Changes window from View > Git Changes and check if you can commit the changes like adding the Unit Test project to Git Repo.
David Lowndes 4,716 Reputation points

2022-04-06T09:26:36.28+00:00

So there's your issue.
If you move your test project to be under the project folder, the files should appear to be part of the git repo.
David Thielen 3,136 Reputation points

2022-04-06T17:26:50.343+00:00

The Git Changes window does not appear to have any way to add files.
David Thielen 3,136 Reputation points

2022-04-06T17:33:26.513+00:00

that fixed it. Causes some compile problems that I now have to block.

thanks - dave

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David Christian 110 Reputation points

2023-05-18T12:50:33.79+00:00

I am running into the same issue except in my case it makes no sense to move the files from the 2nd project under the first. The first project that GIT is managing is a .NET framework desktop application and the new project is a SQL Server CLR stored procedures project - they need to be separate projects. What is the process to add the 2nd project in the solution under GIT source control in Azure DevOps?
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Fevzi KARTAL 0 Reputation points

2024-11-21T07:59:51.31+00:00

Git is based on your local repository folder not on Visual Studio Solution structure.

If you want to have many project under same solution and use Git for source code, Then you need to add your project into both of the same folder and the same solution.
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