How to create a folder in github

Create a folder in GitHub via the web interface

I want to add a new folder to my newly created GitHub repository without installing the windows setup. Is it possible to do so? I have gone through help which is saying to execute some commands to create a folder but I don’t know where to write those commands.

I can’t install a Windows setup because my office PC is restricted.

I know how to add files using the web app interface but not folders.

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It is possible to create a new folder from the web interface, but it would require you to have at least one file within the folder when creating it.

When using the normal way of creating new files through the web interface, you can type in the folder into the file name to create the file within that new directory.

E.g. If I would like to create the file filename.md in a series of subfolders, I can do this (taken from the GitHub Blog):

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How to Create a Folder in Github Repos in 4 Simple Steps

Github is an incredible tool for storing, sharing, and learning code. Creating code repositories is a cinch but common methods of organization, like how to create a folder in Github, aren’t intuitive.

The process is super easy but it takes some getting used to compared to typical OS-approaches. Essentially, it’s a matter of typing in a forward slash to indicate folder structure. There are some gotchas, however, but below is a step-by-step walkthrough on how to add a folder in Github.

Overview

The steps for creating a folder in a GitHub repo are simple but not immediately clear. Two rules: you must have a repo and you can’t create empty folders. Provided you satisfy those conditions, the following steps will result in a new folder:

Step 1: Have a Repository

While it might be convenient in some cases, Github does not allow the creation of initial sub-folders when creating a new repo

Step 2: Click “creating a new file”

Once you’ve created a new repo, or selected an existing one, navigate to that repo. Once there, if the repo is empty, you will be shown several default messages illustrating various actions you can take. Among them, within the first option, is a hyperlink with the anchor text “creating a new file” as shown in the image directly below. Click it.

Clicking the “creating a new file” option will bring up the dialog needed to create new folders as well.

If you want to create a new folder in a repo with existing content you’ll be shown a slightly different screen. Rather than creating a new file, click the “Add File” and then select the “Create new file” option from the drop-down menu.

Clicking the Add File button will allow the required creation dialog to initialize

This step, as well as the one from a new repo, will both result in the correct new file creation dialog appearing.

Step 3: Use the Forward-Slash Character to Create a New Folder

After clicking the “creating a new file” link you’ll be taken to the file creation dialog. Here, you’ll be facing a blank input field where one typically types the name of the new file being created.

Type the desired name of your new folder followed by a forward slash. After the forward-slash character is detected, Github will automatically generate a new input field for the file, while recognizing the first input as a new folder name, as shown in the illustration below:

Type the forward-slash character to signal GitHub to create a new folder, then continue typing a new file name

Once your folder name and new file name are correctly typed, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the green “create file” button. Optionally, you can enter a commit message and description.

The green “Create New File” button will be greyed out until a file name is entered

[alert type=white ]Note: GitHub will not allow the creation of an empty folder. You must create a file—even a blank one—or the [/alert]

Step 4: Confirm Folder Creation

If you completed each of the above steps, you should now have a new folder in your Github repo. this will be evidence by the repot url in the main navigation area along with the newly-created folder name in the secondary navigation area, as shown in the image below:

The result will produce a hyperlinked folder to which you can easily navigate and create new files/folders

Discussion

GitHub is an incredible tool for developers around the world. It’s amazing that so many of its features are free to use. Despite its magnificence, certain tasks like creating a new folder in a GitHub repository aren’t as straight-forward as one might think. Fortunately, at least in the case of sub-directory creation, there are workarounds that are simple enough!

How to add an empty folder inside an already existing repository? Github [duplicate]

In GitHub, I already have an Automata repository with 1 project in it. I just want to add more projects in this repository. I wish to create different folders inside the Automata repository so I can better organize my projects. In other words, my question is «how to add a folder inside a repository?»

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An empty directory cannot be part of the git versioning system. But you can use a little workaround.

Now you have a folder which is not completely empty, but only has one hidden file.

Github doesn’t allow empty folders. You can make a folder and add a placeholder file to it and push that to your repository. That’s the only way you would be able to create a new folder in your GitHub repo. You can’t create a folder and then add files to it on GitHub, but rather the creation of folder must happen with a file inside that folder.

You can either push the folder through git commands. There’s another option to directly drag and drop folders from your system to your GitHub repository.

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How do we add a folder to a repository? I have searched and searched and I see an icon for a new file, but nothing anywhere for a new folder. Nor did I find the question asked anywhere here on the forum, which I find quite weird.

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To create a new folder in a repository click “create a new file.” Type your new folder’s name in the area where you would write the file name, and at the end of the file name type a “/” to initilize it as a folder. After this you can create a new file in the folder.

Alternatively, you can clone the repo locally and add a new folder, and then push the changes to github using the command line or Github Desktop.

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To create a new folder in a repository click “create a new file.” Type your new folder’s name in the area where you would write the file name, and at the end of the file name type a “/” to initilize it as a folder. After this you can create a new file in the folder.

Alternatively, you can clone the repo locally and add a new folder, and then push the changes to github using the command line or Github Desktop.

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Thank you so very much!

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Hello, thanks for the solution! What if I want to create a new folder then upload files from the desktop?

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Hello @mukulmc03, welcome to the GitHub Support Community!

You can also create new folders by simply dragging and dropping a folder with files to your repository on GitHub and then uploading them. If you want the folder you’re uploading to be inside a specific sub-folder, be sure to click on and enter that sub-folder before uploading your files.

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The suggestion to name a directory as directory/ no longer appears to work. The create File menu item insists on a file being added to the directory. The question remains, how to create an empty directory in a GitHub repository.

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You can’t, that’s part of how git works. Git does not track directories other than as parent directories of tracked files.

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How do I make a folder in my GitHub repository?

I’m a new user in GitHub and I want to make a folder for each problem of Project Euler, but I haven’t been able to find a way to create a folder in my repository. Below is the screenshot of my repository.

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Assuming you have cloned your repo to your local machine, go inside the repo directory, and simply create new folders for each problem. Then move the files inside the folders, and finally update your repo by running these commands:

Hope this helps!

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