I have been trying to get rid of the untracked files showing up when I run git status on my Git Bash terminal. This has also affected my whole computer system as I usually see different files as well as files added to the ones I intend to push to my Github repository.
modified: ../../FrontEndMentorsChallenges/intro-component-with-signup-form-master/index.html
modified: ../../FrontEndMentorsChallenges/intro-component-with-signup-form-master/script.js
modified: ../../FrontEndMentorsChallenges/intro-component-with-signup-form-master/style.css
modified: ../../FrontEndMentorsChallenges/intro-component-with-signup-form-master/style1.css
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/.gitignore
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/README.md
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/design/active-states.jpg
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/design/desktop-design.jpg
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/design/desktop-preview.jpg
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/design/mobile-design.jpg
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/images/bg-intro-desktop.png
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/images/bg-intro-mobile.png
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/images/favicon-32x32.png
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/images/icon-error.svg
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/index.html
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/script.js
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/style-guide.md
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/style.css
deleted: ../../intro-component-with-signup-form-master/style1.css
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
../
../../Access 2013.lnk
../../BradTraversery CodeAlong Projects/
../../Excel 2013.lnk
../../Fonts/
../../Fork.lnk
../../FrontEndMentorsChallenges/Travelix-master/
../../FrontEndMentorsChallenges/coding-bootcamp-testimonials-slider-master/
../../FrontEndMentorsChallenges/four-card-feature-section-master/ section-master/ ster/
../../FrontEndMentorsChallenges/fylo-data-storage-component-macomponent-master/ ster/
../../FrontEndMentorsChallenges/single-price-grid-component-macomponent-master/
../../GameProjects/
../../IDLE (Python 3.8 64-bit) (2).lnk
../../Mozilla Docs/
../../Node.js.lnk
../../OneNote 2013.lnk
../../Outlook 2013.lnk
../../PDFMate PDF Converter Professional.lnk
../../PowerPoint 2013.lnk
../../Projects/
../../Publisher 2013.lnk
../../Python 3.8 Manuals (64-bit).lnk
../../Saved Pictures/
../../Shallom - Chrome.lnk
../../Sublime Text 3.lnk
../../Transparent PNG/
../../Visual Studio Code.lnk
../../W3schools(offline Version).lnk
../../Word 2013.lnk
../../desktop.ini
../../devroad8.png
../../fontawesome-free-5.13.0-web/
../../fontawesome/
../../stemcoders.jpg
../../w3designs/
This is what I get when I run git status.
It appears that you have a git repository created at a very high level in your filesystem, this is not typical for git repositories.
Option one: Add all the files you don't want tracked by git into your .gitignore file. This needs to be at the same level as the .git folder (in this case ../..) to apply to the whole repository.
Option two: Break your repository into several smaller repositories, each corresponding to a single project. First, make sure all your files are on your local machine or can be accessed in GitHub. Then delete the .git folder in ../... Finally, initialize a git repository in each project with the command git init.
(It seems like intro-component-with-signup-form-master and each folder in FrontEndMentorsChallenges would be good candidates for this.)
I would strongly recommend option two as it better reflects how git is designed and will save you a lot of headaches down the line.