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

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!

its so helpful, thanks you so much

Excellent. Thanks @thedivloop and @alexpchin for sharing

Worked great. Thanks!

Thanks so much! Github used to have the screen that popped up after you made a new repo that gave you the instructions to do this (along with other ways to populate your repo), but I didn't see it this time and drew a blank!

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?

try using double quotes: git commit -m "First commit"

😆

Thank you for the commands and steps.

Just sharing another way I used to connect my locally initialised 'empty repository' to the already existing remote Git Repo.
My remote repository already had files in it.
I could also clone the remote repository, but just wanted to try pulling the remote changes, instead of pushing the local files first.

To connect the local repo to the existing Git Repository and pull down changes:

• git init -b main
• git remote add origin <REMOTE_URL>
• Check if it's setup correctly using git remote -v
• git fetch
• git pull <repository> <branch>
  • e.g.: git pull origin main
  • This will pull the remote "main" branch (origin/main) changes/files, and create the 'main' branch locally.
• Use git branch command to make sure the "main" branch is created locally.

To push any new local changes (after pulling the remote changes as described above):

• Make changes to the files.
• git add <file>
• git commit
• git push -u origin <branch>
  • e.g.: git push -u origin main

Thank you!

What if you are moving the local repo from gitea/gitlab into github? eg an existing local git repository with a long history of commits.

Very Useful Thank you!