How to create a repo in an existing project A folder does not need to be empty to issue the git init command and create a new repository. If a folder already contains files, here’s what you do: Simply ...

Only the git init command has the power to create a new Git repository. This simple version control tutorial shows you how to use the git init command.

Starting a repository like this, you’ll usually do an “initial” commit – for that, you can run git commit -m "Initial commit", where the -m parameter is a human-readable message describing ...

Invented for Linux kernel development, Git version control now powers millions of projects across the globe. You can use it with or without GitHub.

Jack Wallen shows you how to add a GitHub shortcut to a Jira project so you can view information about branches, commits and pull requests.

Now that you have your repository cloned to your local machine, add (or create) all the code you need for the repository into the new directory and issue the command: git add .