Git - Getting Started

Clone git repository

In this case, you just have to clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/gerardnico/myRepo.git

Create a Git repository for an existing code base

• Go to Github and create your repository
• Go to your local map where your project file resides and init a new repository

cd myProjectMap
git init

• Add the Github repository as a remote (The default one is generally called the origin)

git remote add origin https://github.com/gerardnico/myRepo.git
git remote -v # Verification of the URL

• Pull the code in your local repository

git pull origin master

• Verify that Git see your local file as new. What is the Git File Status?

git status

• Add them all to the next commit

git add -A

• Commit

git commit -m "First Commit"

• Push and set the default repo

git push --set-upstream origin master

Counting objects: 16, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (13/13), done.
Writing objects: 100% (16/16), 10.06 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 16 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (1/1), completed with 1 local object.
To https://github.com/gerardnico/myRepo.git
   82d4c6e..0822d6f  master -> master
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.

• Done