Hello everyone, any help would be appreciated.
after cd into one of my local folders I typed the git status command to see the unstage files, what I don’t understand is why is it listing the entire Desktop directory when I never cd into it?
any advice or recommendation is appreciated
it depends on where you initialized the git repo, are you sure you did it in the folder of the project? if you didn’t, it is probably tracking your whole computer, and that’s not good
@ieahleen
yes, this is the only folder I initialized but it’s tracking the entire computer and I can’t seem to understand why
I tried with other folders and those seem to be working fine but this one is giving the same response for a while now
@RandellDawson
first, I right clicked on the folder and opened the terminal that way
then, I cd into the project folder using the terminal
after this, I used git status to view the unstaged files inside and that’s when it listed all the folder in the computer
@camperextraordinaire
no, I didn’t run git init
Run rm -rf .git to remove that folder. Then change back into the freecodecamp folder and run git status.
thank you @camperextraordinaire
so I’m guessing that the error was that git was initilized on the entire computer instead of the one folder I am working on.
is that right?
Yep that’s exactly it! It’s a pretty common mistake to accidentally run git init or even accidently clone another repo in the wrong directory. I do it all the time 
Once you do this once though, you’ll never forget how to fix this problem!
I was struggling the whole day yesterday to get this working and it kept on giving me red flags every time
anyways, I’m glad I posted this issue here to get some support
really appreciate everyone’s support and encouragement
not a problem at all
that was really helpful,
I learn’t something new today which is a bonus
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