Creating a project within an existing repository causes a fatal git error

[lloydtao]

Creating a project within an existing repository renders git unable to track the project in its entirety.

git add

$ git add .
error: 'project/' does not have a commit checked out
fatal: adding files failed

git status

$ git status
On branch master

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        project/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

An option needs to be added for the creation of the .git/ directory.

This is likely related #366, which has been ignored since October 2019:

1. Not everyone uses git (shocking, I know)
2. Sometimes you might be creating the project in an existing repository.

[azrikahar]

This is resolved by #596 right?

[lloydtao]

@azrikahar yeah! i was meant to write Closes #587 😁

closing now.