Git clone into non-empty directory

github-clone-into-non-empty.md

Thanks to cmcginty from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2411031/how-do-i-clone-into-a-non-empty-directory

Useful for if you have a local project directory that you want to re-sync with your git repo

git init
git remote add origin PATH/TO/REPO
git fetch
git reset origin/master  # Required when the versioned files existed in path before "git init" of this repo.
# git checkout -t origin/master # Original line, but gave me an error
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master   
git ls-files -z --deleted | xargs -0 git checkout --
git add .
git status
git commit -m "Initial checkin"
git push

Or this more simple approach:

git init
git remote add origin PATH/TO/REPO
git pull origin master
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master master
git add .
git status
git commit -m "Initial checkin"
git push
# You may have to do a: git reset --hard HEAD