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Jesus Marco del Carmen
Jesus Marco del Carmen
10,393 Points

does not contain any files?

I'm trying to pass my Project 1 of the FSJS techdegree but every time I press submit, it says that the folder I submitted does not contain any files.

I already published my repository to github through the github desktop

Jakub Golan
Jakub Golan
Courses Plus Student 28,393 Points

I have the same issue. On GitHub I can click through the files and I see them in the repo, but treehouse tells me that there are no files.

Jay Padzensky
Jay Padzensky
4,731 Points

Hi Jesus Marco,

Looking at your Repo, it looks like it is indeed empty. Can you please double check you're pushing the files from your desktop to GH? Thanks!

6 Answers

In my case, I waited some hours and when I tried again to submit my github project, it worked!

Jesus Marco del Carmen
Jesus Marco del Carmen
10,393 Points

No problem! Since I accidentally passed my other project through the 'Submit' , I am now able to proceed with the other projects.

Thank you very much for your help, Jay. It is greatly appreciated.

  • Happy Coding
Johnny Ariza
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Johnny Ariza
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 11,525 Points

Same here, Github is acting very strange. I deleted the repositories on the desktop app but the where never removed from the web app. now that everything seems clear on both apps is giving me this message every time I try to publish a new repository. "Repository Not Found, Project 01 doesn’t seem to exist at https://github.com/johnnyariza/portfolio_update_v1.git/ anymore. You may not have access, or it may have been deleted or renamed."

Johnny Ariza
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Johnny Ariza
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 11,525 Points

I figured out,

Every time you submit a Repository(project) to GitHub it creates a hidden a folder inside the project folder called "Git". what you have to do is delete the project from the desktop GitHub app. Then, go to github.com and delete it there. Also, delete the hidden folder "git" in your computer. Finally, add/create the repo again using the desktop app and submit it for review to treehouse.

This worked for me. I hope it works for you guys also,

Jesus Marco del Carmen
Jesus Marco del Carmen
10,393 Points

Hi Jay,

I did add the repo. I can see the files through my github account, I can even click through the files. But it's strange that I can't pass it.

I don't know what else to do...

Jay Padzensky
Jay Padzensky
4,731 Points

Hi Jesus Marco,

I looked at your Project 1 Repo and do see files present. Other students have reported a similar error occurring on their submission attempts as well. I've reported these instances to our Degree Services team and we presently have some people looking to fix the issue. I don't have an ETA on a fix, but thank you for your patience while it gets solved!