How do I add an existing Solution to GitHub from Visual Studio 2013

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I have looked through many web pages on the new Git integration in VS 2013 and they do not deal with adding an existing solution to Github   In fact I can t find much on using GitHub instead of Visual Studio Online   Can anyone tell me how I start from an existing solution and add it to Github using the tools in VS 2013

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OK this worked for me    Open the solution in Visual Studio 2013 Select File   Add to Source Control Select the Microsoft Git Provider   That creates a local GIT repository   Surf to GitHub Create a new repository DO NOT SELECT Initialize this repository with a README    That creates an empty repository with no Master branch   Once created open the repository and copy the URL  it s on the right of the screen in the current version  Go back to Visual Studio   Make sure you have the Microsoft Git Provider selected under Tools Options Source Control Plug-in Selection  Open Team Explorer Select Home   Unsynced Commits Enter the GitHub URL into the yellow box  use HTTPS URL  not the default shown SSH one  Click Publish Select Home   Changes Add a Commit comment Select Commit and Push from the drop down   Your solution is now in GitHub

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There is a lot easier way to do this that doesn t even require you to do anything outside Visual Studio     Open your project in Visual Studio File  Add to source control  Open Team Explorer  click on Home button  proceed to  Sync  and there you d find the  Publish to GitHub   Click on  Get Started   Type title of your repository and description  optionally    Click on  Publish    That s all  Visual Studio github plugin automatically created repository for you and configured everything  Now just click on Home and choose  Changes  tab and finally commit your first commit

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This question has already been answered accurately by Richard210363    However  I would like to point out that there is another way to do this  and to warn that this alternate approach should be avoided  as it causes problems    As R0MANARMY stated in a comment to the original question  it is possible to create a repo from the existing solution folder using the git command line or even Git Gui   However  when you do this it adds all the files below that folder to the repo  including build output  bin  obj  folders   user options files   suo   csproj user  and numerous other files that may be in your solution folder but that you don t want to include in your repo   One unwanted side effect of this is that after building locally  the build output will show up in your  changes  list   When you add using  Select File   Add to Source Control  in Visual Studio  it intelligently includes the correct project and solution files  and leaves the other ones out   Also it automatically creates a  gitignore file that helps prevent these unwanted files from being added to the repo in the future   If you have already created a repo that includes these unwanted files and then add the  gitignore file at a later time  the unwanted files will still remain part of the repo and will need to be removed manually    it s probably easier to delete the repo and start over again by creating the repo the correct way

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My problem is that when i use https for the remote URL  it doesn t work  so I use http instead  This allows me to publish sync with GitHub from Team Explorer instantly

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It s a few less clicks in VS2017  and if the local repo is ahead of the Git clone  click Source control from the pop-up project menu    This brings up the Team Explorer Changes dialog   Type in a description- here it s  Stack Overflow Example Commit  Make a choice of the three options on offer  all of which are explained here

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Well  I understand this question is Visual Studio GUI related  but maybe the asker can try this trick also  Just giving a different perspective in solving this problem   I like to use terminal a lot for GIT  so here are the simple steps    Pre-requisites      If it s Linux or MAC  you should have git packages installed on your machine If it s Windows  you can try to download git bash software   Now    Goto Github com In your account  create a New Repository Don t create any file inside the repository  Keep it empty  Copy its URL   It should be something like https   github com Username ProjectName git Open up the terminal and redirect to your Visual Studio Project directory Configure your credentials   git config --global user name  your git username  git config --global user email  your git email   Then type these commands  git init git add   git commit -m  First Migration Commit  git remote add origin paste your URL here git push -u origin master    Done   Hope this helps

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None of the answers were specific to my problem  so here s how I did it   This is for Visual Studio 2015 and I had already made a repository on Github com  If you already have your repository URL copy it and then in visual studio    Go to Team Explorer Click the  Sync  button It should have 3 options listed with  get started  links  I chose the  get started  link against  publish to remote repository   which it the bottom one A yellow box will appear asking for the URL  Just paste the URL there and click publish

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From the Team Explorer menu click  add  under the Git repository section  you ll need to add the solution directory to the Local Git Repository  Open the solution from Team Explorer  right click on the added solution - open  Click on the commit button and look for the link  push    Visual Studio should now ask your GitHub credentials and then proceed to upload your solution   Since I have my Windows account connected to Visual Studio to work with Team Foundation I don t know if it works without an account  Visual Studio will keep track of who commits so if you are not logged in it will probably ask you to first

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