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---
title: Adding a file to a repository using the command line
intro: 'You can upload an existing file to a {% data variables.product.product_name %} repository using the command line.'
redirect_from:
- /articles/adding-a-file-to-a-repository-from-the-command-line/
- /articles/adding-a-file-to-a-repository-using-the-command-line
versions:
free-pro-team: '*'
enterprise-server: '*'
---
{% tip %}
**Tip:** You can also [add an existing file to a repository from the {% data variables.product.product_name %} website](/articles/adding-a-file-to-a-repository).
{% endtip %}
{% data reusables.command_line.manipulating_file_prereqs %}
{% data reusables.repositories.sensitive-info-warning %}
1. On your computer, move the file you'd like to upload to {% data variables.product.product_name %} into the local directory that was created when you cloned the repository.
{% data reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal %}
{% data reusables.command_line.switching_directories_procedural %}
{% data reusables.git.stage_for_commit %}
```shell
$ git add .
# Adds the file to your local repository and stages it for commit. {% data reusables.git.unstage-codeblock %}
```
{% data reusables.git.commit-file %}
```shell
$ git commit -m "Add existing file"
# Commits the tracked changes and prepares them to be pushed to a remote repository. {% data reusables.git.reset-head-to-previous-commit-codeblock %}
```
{% data reusables.git.git-push %}
### Further reading
- "[Creating new files](/articles/creating-new-files)"
- "[Adding an existing project to GitHub using the command line](/articles/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line)"