ifstream ifs ( path );
string * in_file;
int count = 0;
while ( !ifs.eof() )
{
    ++count;
    if ( count == 1 )
    {
        in_file = new string[1];
    }
    else
    {
            // Dynamically allocate another space in the stack
    string *old_in_file = in_file;
    in_file = new string[count];
            // Copy over values
    for ( int i = 0 ; i < ( count - 1 ) ; i++ )
    {
        in_file[i] = old_in_file[i];
    }
    delete[] old_in_file;
    }
            // After doing some debugging I know this is the problem what am I
            // doing wrong with it?
    getline(ifs,in_file[count - 1]);
}

Hello
Bye
See you later

in_file [0] = Hello
in_file [1] = Bye
in_file [2] = See you later

std::string str;

std::vector <std::string> vec;

while ( std::getline(ifs,str) )
{
  vec.push_back(str) ;
}

for(size_t i=0;i<vec.size();i++)
 in_file[i] = vec[i];

while ( !ifs.eof() )

while ( ifs.good() )

std::string line;
while ( std::getline(ifs, line) ) {
    if (line.empty())                  // be careful: an empty line might be read
        continue;
    ...
}

std::string word;
while ( ifs >> word ) {
    ...
}

std::ifstream ifs(path);
std::vector<std::string> lines;

std::string line;
while ( std::getline(ifs, line) )
{
    // skip empty lines:
    if (line.empty())
        continue;

    lines.push_back(line);
}