public folder does not push to heroku repository

My public folder including my javascripts and css do not push to my heroku repository even though the rest of my code does.

I can't figure out why. Below is my .gitignore and my `gemfile . Any ideas??

.GITIGNORE

.bundle
db/*.sqlite3
log/*.log
tmp/**/*
db/schema.rb

GEMFILE:

source 'http://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails', '3.0.3'

gem "haml"

gem 'rails3-jquery-autocomplete'
gem 'nifty-generators'

# Bundle edge Rails instead:
# gem 'rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'

gem 'sqlite3-ruby', '1.3.2', :require => 'sqlite3'

gem 'devise', '1.1.rc0'

gem 'activemerchant', '1.9.3'
gem 'annotate-models', '1.0.4'

gem 'log4r', '1.1.9'
gem 'paperclip'
gem 'aws-s3'
gem 'chronic'
gem 'oauth2', '0.1.1'
gem 'shove'

# Use unicorn as the web server
# gem 'unicorn'

# Deploy with Capistrano
# gem 'capistrano'



# Bund开发者_Go百科le the extra gems:
# gem 'bj'
# gem 'nokogiri'
# gem 'sqlite3-ruby', :require => 'sqlite3'
# gem 'aws-s3', :require => 'aws/s3'

# Bundle gems for the local environment. Make sure to
# put test-only gems in this group so their generators
# and rake tasks are available in development mode:
# group :development, :test do
#   gem 'webrat'


group :development do
    gem 'ruby-debug19' 
    gem 'rspec-rails'
    gem 'factory_girl_rails'
end

group :test do
    gem 'ruby-debug19'
    gem 'rspec'
    gem 'webrat'
    gem 'factory_girl_rails'
end

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Try deleting and recreating the public folder and check with git status if it detects it. Looks like the folder is untracked. Have you checked your .gitignore_global file if you've defined one?

If this fails, create another folder called `public2, add it, and commit it. Then rename it back to public and see if git picks up on it.