Add Existing Project To Git Repo

Add_Existing_Project_To_Git.md

#Adding an existing project to GitHub using the command line

Simple steps to add existing project to Github.

1. Create a new repository on GitHub.

In Terminal, change the current working directory to your local project.

##2. Initialize the local directory as a Git repository.

git init

Add the files in your new local repository. This stages them for the first commit.

git add .

or:

git add --all

Commit the files that you've staged in your local repository.

git commit -m 'First commit'

Copy remote repository URL field from your GitHub repository, in the right sidebar, copy the remote repository URL.

In Terminal, add the URL for the remote repository where your local repostory will be pushed.

git remote add origin <remote repository URL>

Sets the new remote:

git remote -v

Push the changes in your local repository to GitHub.

git push origin master

Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository you specified as the origin

Change ##2. Initialize the local directory as a Git repository. to ## 2. Initialize the local directory as a Git repository.

Thanks. Worked for me

Thanks. Straightforward

Thanks. Worked for me

works for me after ssh remote, mkdir project_name, cd project_name and git init --bare.

Thanks for the clear steps. Worked for me.

thanks very much

Thank you

Thank you. Worked perfectly. First time user

Thank you

Thank you so much!

thanks a lot

This will remove the current files in the remote branch, be careful with this command

thanks you so much!

I normally add the -f and -u switch on the push.

git push -u -f origin main

I put together a video on how to push existing projects to GitHub for any visual learners out there who need some guidance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHgidwb50lQ

Thanks! such a simple guide for a complex issue.

hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do
hint: not have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing
hint: to the same ref. You may want to first integrate the remote changes
hint: (e.g., 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.

Force it:
git push --set-upstream origin master --force

This might happen if you create a new github repo with a readme file. It could also be totally different code and somehow you feel confident to merge. Then you can do a fetch of the github repo:

git fetch

Followed by a merge with --allow-unrelated-histories:

git merge origin/main --allow-unrelated-histories

When the commit file opens just save it or update it.
Then you are ready for the push

git push origin main

This will sync your local repo with your remote repo (origin on branch main).

Here I used main because github is now using main by default instead of master.
If locally your HEAD is on master then you can rename the branch so:

git branch -m master main

It is creating a branch 'master' and that branch I am not able to merge into the 'main' branch. (It show nothing in common so cannot merge)
Sorry if it is a silly question, but I am trying this thing and stuck since many days. Any help would be much appreciated.

I guess.. if you provide more information, people here could help you! For example, actual commands and error messages. And how did you create your master branch and main branch. And so on..

Not a silly question, I struggled until finding out that GitHub is now using main by default instead of master.
If locally your HEAD is on master then you can rename the branch so:

git branch -m master main

Now in the init config file you can change the default branch name. Access the global config here:

git config --global --edit

find

[init]
        defaultBranch = master

and replace master by main

[init]
        defaultBranch = main

save and exit and voila!
This was very helpful for me, hope it was of some use for you too!!

hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do
hint: not have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing
hint: to the same ref. You may want to first integrate the remote changes
hint: (e.g., 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.

Force it: git push --set-upstream origin master --force

Thanks! It worked for me..

I removed the existing .git directory and voila!

Hugely helpful, though sometimes you need

git push origin main

# NOT git push origin master

All bow to wokeness

git commit -m 'First commit'
hint: core.useBuiltinFSMonitor=true is deprecated;please set core.fsmonitor=true instead
hint: Disable this message with "git config advice.useCoreFSMonitorConfig false"
error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git

what does this error mean?

Is there any method for me to push the local repository to remote without first creating a remote repository on github.com ?

Is there any method for me to push the local repository to remote without first creating a remote repository on github.com ?

In order to push a local repo to a remote repo you need to create the remote repo first. However, if you wanna do it from the command line then you can use the github command line. Check it out here: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_repo_create.

For a more advanced understanding of the different options (which include bash scripts and change of .gitconfig) this seems very useful: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2423777/is-it-possible-to-create-a-remote-repo-on-github-from-the-cli-without-opening-br

If you do not work this way
check your branch name or your 'README.md' file or use 'git push origin +[branch name]'

Hi guys , in the terminal when i push my project i got this error " fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/SoliArt-Amirhosein/NFT-ERC721.git/': Operation timed out after 300042 milliseconds with 0 out of 0 bytes received
" can somebody help me to fix this ?

thanks man

I searched google and it brought me here to this document. It was one of the top 5 results.
Thank you for making this.

super helpful, thank you sir!