I have a folder with all my files set up for a project.
I decided to use git on that folder, so I created on Github an empty repo.
Usually the procedure is to clone on my local disk the remote repo, and in this case it will create an empty folder. But, what I want to do is to fill the remote repo with my project folder without harming and without moving it.
Is there a procedure to do that?
Bring a local folder to remote git repo
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Best Answer
As hinted in GitHub help:
Create a new repository on GitHub.
Open Git Bash.
Change the current working directory to your local project.
Initialize the local directory as a Git repository.
Add the files in your new local repository. This stages them for the first commit.
Commit the files that you've staged in your local repository.
At the top of your GitHub repository's Quick Setup page, click to copy the remote repository URL.
In the Command prompt, add the URL for the remote repository where your local repository will be pushed.
Push the changes in your local repository to GitHub if there is a remote branch called
master
(ormain
if that's what you're using)Otherwise you will have to name local branch first by
and then push it to add a new branch called <new_name>
If you still end up with errors like "Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do not have locally", this is normally because that the remote repo is recently created manually. Make sure you are not overwriting anything on the remote end before you force push local git folder to it using