Create a new BitBucket repository for existing files from Ubuntu
More detail on Bruce's comment:
When you create a repo at BitBucket, you are offered two links:
- "I'm starting from scratch"
- "I have an existing project to push up"
Click on the 2nd, and you will be given the commands to run in your local repo. These would look like:
> cd /path/to/my/repo
> git remote add origin https://[email protected]/me/test.git
> git push -u origin --all # pushes up the repo and its refs for the first time
> git push -u origin --tags # pushes up any tags
You do not need to do a clone anyway. And also the accepted answer is not correct. You need to do a git add . and then git commit before pushing.
This is the complete set of steps to follow, to do what you want: Create a git BitBucket/ Github repository from already locally existing project - samranga.blogspot.com