how to add a project to existing git repository code example

Example 1: git push existing repo

cd existing_folder
git init
git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/abc.git
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push -u origin master

Example 2: how to add existing project to gitlab

cd existing_folder
git init
git remote add origin url_git
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push -u origin master

Example 3: git add existing project to repository

git remote add origin <repository url>
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

Example 4: create github repo with bash

winpty curl -H 'Authorization: token [GENERATED_TOKEN]' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"[REPO_NAME_YOU_WANT]"}'

# follow steps here to generate token:
https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line

# note : you can add parameters to you command to set a description, switch to private, etc...

Example 5: push a project to an existing repoin github using git

$ git init -b main