docs/content/github/importing-your-projects-to-github/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line.md

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{{ site.data.reusables.repositories.migrating-from-codeplex }}

{% tip %}

Tip: If you're most comfortable with a point-and-click user interface, try adding your project with {{ site.data.variables.product.prodname_desktop }}. For more information, see "Adding a repository from your local computer to GitHub Desktop" in the {{ site.data.variables.product.prodname_desktop }} Help.

{% endtip %}

{{ site.data.reusables.repositories.sensitive-info-warning }}

{% mac %}

1. Create a new repository on {{ site.data.variables.product.product_location }}. To avoid errors, do not initialize the new repository with README, license, or gitignore files. You can add these files after your project has been pushed to {{ site.data.variables.product.product_name }}. {{ site.data.reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal }}
2. Change the current working directory to your local project.
3. Initialize the local directory as a Git repository.

$ git init

5. Add the files in your new local repository. This stages them for the first commit.

$ git add .
# Adds the files in the local repository and stages them for commit. {{ site.data.reusables.git.unstage-codeblock }}

6. Commit the files that you've staged in your local repository.

$ git commit -m "First commit"
# Commits the tracked changes and prepares them to be pushed to a remote repository. {{ site.data.reusables.git.reset-head-to-previous-commit-codeblock }}

7. At the top of your {{ site.data.variables.product.product_name }} repository's Quick Setup page, click {% octicon "clippy" aria-label="The copy to clipboard icon" %} to copy the remote repository URL.
8. In Terminal, add the URL for the remote repository where your local repository will be pushed.

$ git remote add origin <em>remote repository URL</em>
# Sets the new remote
$ git remote -v
# Verifies the new remote URL

9. Push the changes in your local repository to {{ site.data.variables.product.product_location }}.

$ git push -u origin master
# Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository you specified as the origin

{% endmac %}

{% windows %}

1. Create a new repository on {{ site.data.variables.product.product_location }}. To avoid errors, do not initialize the new repository with README, license, or gitignore files. You can add these files after your project has been pushed to {{ site.data.variables.product.product_name }}. {{ site.data.reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal }}
2. Change the current working directory to your local project.
3. Initialize the local directory as a Git repository.

$ git init

5. Add the files in your new local repository. This stages them for the first commit.

$ git add .
# Adds the files in the local repository and stages them for commit. {{ site.data.reusables.git.unstage-codeblock }}

6. Commit the files that you've staged in your local repository.

$ git commit -m "First commit"
# Commits the tracked changes and prepares them to be pushed to a remote repository. {{ site.data.reusables.git.reset-head-to-previous-commit-codeblock }}

7. At the top of your {{ site.data.variables.product.product_name }} repository's Quick Setup page, click {% octicon "clippy" aria-label="The copy to clipboard icon" %} to copy the remote repository URL.
8. In the Command prompt, add the URL for the remote repository where your local repository will be pushed.

$ git remote add origin <em>remote repository URL</em>
# Sets the new remote
$ git remote -v
# Verifies the new remote URL

9. Push the changes in your local repository to {{ site.data.variables.product.product_location }}.

$ git push origin master
# Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository you specified as the origin

{% endwindows %}

{% linux %}

1. Create a new repository on {{ site.data.variables.product.product_location }}. To avoid errors, do not initialize the new repository with README, license, or gitignore files. You can add these files after your project has been pushed to {{ site.data.variables.product.product_name }}. {{ site.data.reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal }}
2. Change the current working directory to your local project.
3. Initialize the local directory as a Git repository.

$ git init

5. Add the files in your new local repository. This stages them for the first commit.

$ git add .
# Adds the files in the local repository and stages them for commit. {{ site.data.reusables.git.unstage-codeblock }}

6. Commit the files that you've staged in your local repository.

$ git commit -m "First commit"
# Commits the tracked changes and prepares them to be pushed to a remote repository. {{ site.data.reusables.git.reset-head-to-previous-commit-codeblock }}

7. At the top of your {{ site.data.variables.product.product_name }} repository's Quick Setup page, click {% octicon "clippy" aria-label="The copy to clipboard icon" %} to copy the remote repository URL.
8. In Terminal, add the URL for the remote repository where your local repository will be pushed.

$ git remote add origin <em>remote repository URL</em>
# Sets the new remote
$ git remote -v
# Verifies the new remote URL

9. Push the changes in your local repository to {{ site.data.variables.product.product_location }}.

$ git push origin master
# Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository you specified as the origin

{% endlinux %}

Further reading

• "Adding a file to a repository using the command line"