https://github.com/abhi5658/local-folder-to-github

Steps to put local folder as git repo on Github/Bitbucket or any git online tool without it being already synced online
https://github.com/abhi5658/local-folder-to-github

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Steps to put local folder as git repo on Github/Bitbucket or any git online tool without it being already synced online

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/abhi5658/local-folder-to-github
• Owner: abhi5658
• Created: 2020-04-24T11:51:14.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-07-14T18:47:43.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-11-30T11:55:53.647Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: bitbucket, computer, folder, git, github, go-online, local, local-folder, local-repository, local-storage, machine, make, offline, online, online-repository, personal, remote, repo, save, storage
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 6.84 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# README #

This file as well was created without creating a repo online on github

## 1. Steps [ local ]:

- Do not worry if you have multiple local commits already(Skip Step 1)

- Create project directory folder

- Create files/folders/anything inside it

- Now this folder is still not a git repo(that tracks changes)

- Open git bash to the parent directory(as per basics)

- First thing initialise it with git command: `git init`

- `.git` (may be hidden) folder is created which will now track the changes now in this directory

- set user name and user email for this directory if it is different from the global user

- Check credential using git command: `git config -l`

    - If it shows user.name and user.email set to the credential you want then nothing to do.

    - If not set name and email using using git command: 

        - `git config user.name "Your name"`

        - `git config user.email "emailid@thatcompany.com"`

    - Check again if the new credentials(if different) appears at end of list command: `git config -l`

- Check status of tracked files command: `git status`

- Add files to track. Easiest command: `git add --all`

- Now time to commit this much

- Commit command: `git commit -m "first local commit"`

- Do more commits if needed

## 2. Steps [ Github ] (or any git online tool):

- Github does not have option to create a new repo from cli before installing some kind of other tool (as per last I know)

- So first create a new repo on Github(I named it `local-folder-to-github` same as my local folder name)

- Didn't selected the option to create a readme as I alreadt created one here

- Time to connect this local folder to online repo

- Copy repo url from github(in my case: `https://github.com/abhi5658/local-folder-to-github.git`)

- Now got to cli and add remote to this local repo:

    - Git command: `git remote add origin ` (e.g. `git remote add origin https://github.com/abhi5658/local-folder-to-github.git`)

        - This will let the local repository know that there is a reomte repo to which it has to push changes

        - This statement sets `origin` alias to remote repo url

    - There's another way to directly push the changes with the repo url directly:

        - Git command: `git push --set-upstream origin master` to push the local changes to master branch on your online git repo. OR other way:

        - Git command: `git push ` (e.g. `git push https://github.com/abhi5658/local-folder-to-github.git`)

        - This will be succesful if there's zero commits on the remote repo

        - If any issue, related to error of unrelated history due to commits present on remote, follow next steps

- Check if this is connected now, git command: `git remote -v`

    - shows the fetch and push remote urls

- You can try pushing the local commits but that would fail as first you need to pull remote commits

- Time to pull the remote commits to local repo:

    - Git command: `git pull origin master`

    - produces error: 'fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories'

    - By pass this error by git command: `git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories`

    - This would merge the local commits with the pulled commits(initial commit)

- Push local commits to remote repo:

    - Git command: `git push origin master`

- Now the local commits and whole local folder(also a git repository) is pushed to online(remote) repository.

### 3. Video depicting similar steps: https://youtu.be/fQLK8Ib_SKk?list=PL4cUxeGkcC9goXbgTDQ0n_4TBzOO0ocPR&t=324