create repository from folder code example
Example 1: add github repo
create a new repository on the command line
echo "# {Repo Name}" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/cdcdianne/ReactJS-TheMovieDB.git
git push -u origin main
push an existing repository from the command line
git remote add origin https://github.com/cdcdianne/ReactJS-TheMovieDB.git
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
Example 2: how to make a folder into git repo
$ git remote add origin [email protected]:username/new_repo
$ git push -u origin master
Example 3: turn a folder into a git repo
$ git filter-branch --prune-empty --subdirectory-filter FOLDER-NAME BRANCH-NAME
# Filter the specified branch in your directory and remove empty commits
> Rewrite 48dc599c80e20527ed902928085e7861e6b3cbe6 (89/89)
> Ref 'refs/heads/BRANCH-NAME' was rewritten