diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index ac57f33..734f44a 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ runs:
                 echo "version = \"0.0.0\"" >> pyproject.toml
                 # commit, push, exit
                 msg="added pyproject.toml -- user needs to set 'project.version'"
+                git add
                 git commit -m "<bot> $msg"
                 git push
                 echo $mgs