How to clone a git repo to an existing folder (not empty)

How to clone a git repo to an existing folder (not empty).md

1. First get to the existing directory
   $ cd my/folder/

2. Now start a new git repository
   $ git init

3. Identify if the current elements on the directory are needed or not and add them to the .gitignore file. When ready...
   $ vim .gitignore

4. When ready create the first commit on the server
   $ git add .;git commit -m'my first commit'

5. Now add the remote from where you want to clone
   $ git remote add origin https|ssh:path/to/the/repository.git

6. Now just pull and merge with local git
   $ git pull origin master

7. If you have some merge conflicts resolve them and commit your changes.

You are ready to go!

UPDATE

If your remote repository is NOT empty, you must do what Sochi pointed out here

Thanks:+1:

You might want to add --allow-unrelated-histories flag in case the repo added as remote is not empty.

git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories

This might be also needed if your repo is created with some preset files, e.g., README.md or .gitignore as first commit (GitHub now offers to do so when creating a repo). Details in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-merge#Documentation/git-merge.txt---allow-unrelated-histories

And perhaps include an optional step to push local changes to the remote:

git push -u origin master

Edit: forgot the most important part.. thanks for the list in a first place! :-)

git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories

Thank you!

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Thanks for the initial guide.

I just modified it a bit and was able to do it even without the initial commit like this (while the target repo has its own .gitignore file):

git init
echo * > .gitignore
git remote add origin https://github.com/Kentico/ems-module-kontent-publishing.git
git fetch
git checkout origin/master -b master

Do you see any drawbacks in it?

How to clone a git repo to an existing folder (empty)

git init

git remote add origin [your_origin]

git fetch

git checkout origin/master -b master

Thanks for the initial guide.

I just modified it a bit and was able to do it even without the initial commit like this (while the target repo has its own .gitignore file):

git init
echo * > .gitignore
git remote add origin https://github.com/Kentico/ems-module-kontent-publishing.git
git fetch
git checkout origin/master -b master

Do you see any drawbacks in it?

It works perfectly !

Thanks! Also this:

git checkout origin/master -b master

Is exactly what I was looking for!

Great simple steps. Thanks!

Many Thanks @sochi ..