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Mehak Saini
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#4 Adding existing project to git repo

#github #codenewbie #programming #tutorial
  1. Create a new Repo from the UI
  2. Navigate to current project directory from terminal and run the below commands.

Initializes the local directory as a git repo

git init -b main
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Add the url for the remote repo where the local repo will be pushed

git remote add origin git@github.com:<github-url>
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Pull changes from remote repo to local(.gitignore, READMe.md)

git pull origin main
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*Add the files to be committed *

git add .
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Commit

git commit -m "Initial commit"
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Push the changes to remote

git push origin main
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