Import existing source code to GitHub

Question

How can I import source code from my computer to my GitHub account

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I came here looking for a simple way to add existing source files to a GitHub repository. I saw @Pete's excellently complete answer and thought "What?! There must be a simpler way."

Here's that simpler way in five steps (no console action required!)

If you're really in a hurry, you can just read step 3. The others are only there for completeness.

Create a repository on the GitHub website. (I won't insult your intelligence by taking you through this step-by-step.)
Clone the new repository locally. (You can do this either through the website or through desktop client software.)
Find the newly cloned repository on your hard drive and add files just like you would to a normal directory.
Sync the changes back up to GitHub.
That's it!

Done!

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If you ve got local source code you want to add to a new remote new git repository without  cloning  the remote first  do the following  I often do this - you create your remote empty repository in bitbucket github  then push up your source    Create the remote repository  and get the URL such as git github com  youruser somename git or https   github com youruser somename git  If your local GIT repo is already set up  skips steps 2 and 3   Locally  at the root directory of your source  git init  2a  If you initialize the repo with a  gitignore and a README md you should do a git pull  url from step 1  to ensure you don t commit files to source that you want to ignore    Locally  add and commit what you want in your initial repo  for everything  git add   then  git commit -m  initial commit comment     to attach your remote repo with the name  origin   like cloning would do  git remote add origin  URL From Step 1  Execute git pull origin master to pull the remote branch so that they are in sync  to push up your master branch  change master to something else for a different branch   git push origin master

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Open your GitHub dashboard  it s at https   github com  if you re logged in  Click on New Repository Fill in the blanks  click on Create Repository Follow instructions on the page that appears then

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Actually  if you opt for creating an empty repo on GitHub it gives you exact instructions that you can almost copy and paste into your terminal which are  at this point in time       or create a new repository on the command line  echo          gt  gt  README md git init git add README md git commit -m  first commit  git remote add origin git github com  lt user gt   lt repo gt  git git push -u origin master

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Create your repository in git hub  Allow to track your project by GIT   using CMD go to folder where your project file is kept- cd  automation xyz codebase check for git intialization with command git status If you get this error message  fatal  Not a git repository  or any of the parent directories    git  that means the folder you are currently in is not being tracked by git  In that case  initialize git inside your project folder by typing git init  then going through the process of adding and committing your project    If you get another error message  read carefully what it says  Is it saying git isn t installed on your computer by saying that the word  git  is not recognized  Is it saying that you re already in a folder or sub-folder where git is initialized  Google your error and or output to understand it  and to figure out how to fix it   now run following command     echo  your git hub repository name     README md git init git add README md git commit -m  first commit  git remote add origin https        above block you will get when first time you are opening your repository  If error occurs or nothing happens after last command run git push -u origin master  dont worry  go to folder where code is available and through git extention push it to git  URL   branch

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Yes  Create a new repository  doing a git init in the directory where the source currently exists   More here  http   help github com creating-a-repo

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I had a bit of trouble with merging when trying to do Pete s steps  These are the steps I ended up with    Use your OS to delete the  git folder inside of the project folder that you want to commit  This will give you a clean slate to work with  This is also a good time to make a  gitignore file inside the project folder  This can be a copy of the  gitignore created when you created the repository on github com  Doing this copy will avoid deleting it when you update the github com repository  Open Git Bash and navigate to the folder you just deleted the  git folder from  Run git init  This sets up a local repository in the folder you re in  Run git remote add  alias  https   github com  gitUserName   RepoName  git   alias  can be anything you want  The  alias  is meant to tie to the local repository  so the machine name works well for an  alias   The URL can be found on github com  along the top ensure that the HTTP button out of HTTP SSH Git Read-Only is clicked  The git    URL didn t work for me  Run git pull  alias  master  This will update your local repository and avoid some merging conflicts  Run git add   Run git commit -m  first code commit  Run git push  alias  master

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As JB quite rightly points out  it s made incredibly easy on GitHub by simply following the instructions   Here s an example of the instructions displayed after setting up a new repository on GitHub using http   github com new when you re logged in   Global setup    Set up Git    git config --global user name  Name    git config --global user email email gmail com   Next steps     mkdir audioscripts   cd audioscripts   git init   touch README   git add README   git commit -m  first commit    git remote add origin git github com ktec audioscripts git   git push -u origin master   Existing Git repository     cd existing git repo   git remote add origin git github com ktec audioscripts git   git push -u origin master   Importing a Subversion repository     Check out the guide for step-by-step instructions    It couldn t be easier

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This is explained in the excellent free eBook ProGit  It assumes you already have a local Git repository and a remote one  To connect them use     git remote origin   git remote add pb git   github com paulboone ticgit git   git remote -v origin    git   github com schacon ticgit git pb    git   github com paulboone ticgit git   To push the data from the local repository to GitHub use     git push pb master   If you have not setup a local and or a remote repository yet  check out the help on GitHub and the previous chapters in the book

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Here are some instructions on how to initiate a GitHub repository and then push code you ve already created to it  The first set of instructions are directly from GitHub   Source  https   help github com articles create-a-repo    In the upper-right corner of any page  click  and then click New repository  Create a short  memorable name for your repository  For example   hello-world   Optionally  add a description of your repository  For example   My first repository on GitHub   Choose between creating a public or private repository  Initialize this repository with a README  Create repository    Congratulations  You ve successfully created your first repository  and initialized it with a README file   Now after these steps you will want to push the code on your local computer up to the repository you just created and you do this following these steps    git init  in the root folder where your code is located  git add -A  this will add all the files and folders in your directory to be committed  git commit -am  First Project commit  git remote add origin git github com YourGithubName your-repo-name git  you ll find this address on the GitHub repository you just created under  ssh clone URL  on the main page  git push -u origin master   That s it  Your code will now be pushed up to GitHub  Now every time you want to keep pushing code that has changed just do    git commit -m  New changes  git push origin master  if master is the branch you are working on

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From Bitbucket   Push up an existing repository  You already have a Git repository on your computer  Let s push it up to Bitbucket   cd  path to my repo git remote add origin ssh   git bitbucket org javacat geo git git push -u origin --all     To push up the repo for the first time

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Add a GitHub repository as remote origin  replace    with your URL    git remote add origin  git github com        Switch to your master branch and copy it to develop branch   git checkout master git checkout -b develop   Push your develop branch to the GitHub develop branch  -f means force    git push -f origin develop develop

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One of the comments mentioned using the GitHub GUI  but it didn t give any specific help on using and notice that most if not all the answers were useful at the command prompt only   If you want to use the GitHub GUI  you can follow these steps    Click the     button and choose  Add Local Repository   Navigate to the directory with your existing code and click the  Add  button  You should now be prompted to  Create a new local Git repository here  so click the  Yes  button   Add your  Commit Summary  and  Extended description  as desired  By default  all of your files should selected with checkmarks already  Click the  Commit  amp  Sync  button   Now you will be prompted to add the name and description of your project as well as which account to push it to  if you have multiple   Click the  Push Repository  button    After a moment with a spinning GitHub icon  your source code will belong to a local repository and pushed synchronised with a remote repository on your GitHub account  All of this is presuming you ve previously set up the GitHub GUI  your GitHub account  and SSH keys

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Solution for me   The problem is the size of a file  which cannot exceed 100M   Before migrating to github  in the repository do this   git clone --mirror git   example com some-big-repo git  wget http   repo1 maven org maven2 com madgag bfg 1 12 12 bfg-1 12 12 jar  mv bfg-1 12 12 jar bfg jar  java -jar bfg jar --strip-blobs-bigger-than 100M some-big-repo git  cd some-big-repo git  git reflog expire --expire now --all  amp  amp  git gc --prune now --aggressive  git push   Ready   Now make the migration again by the tool  https   github com new import  see more  Error while pushing to github repo and https   rtyley github io bfg-repo-cleaner   I hope I helped you

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