connect to github repository code example
Example 1: set up git repository
# New local repository
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
# New remote repository
# Create remote repository (likely on github), then:
git remote add origin https://github.com/username/new_repo #https
git remote add origin git@github.com:username/new_repo #ssh
# Now push
git push -u origin master
Example 2: how to initialize a git repository command line
# New local repository
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
# New remote repository
git remote add origin git@github.com:username/new_repo #ssh
# Now push
git push -u origin master
Example 3: git init repo
git init
git add somefile
git commit -m "initial commit"
git remote add origin https://github.com/username/new_repo
git push -u origin master
Example 4: connect to github repository from terminal
to connect your repository from your terminal to your github requires you
1) Create a github repository than
2) Open Terminal
3) You will initilize git and make a branch with: git init -b main
3) Followed by the command: git add . - this adds all your edited work.
4) Followed by a Commit Command: git commit -m "this is my work" - used for
merging
5) At the top of your GitHub repository's Quick Setup page, click to
copy the remote repository URL.
6) In terminal add the repository URL where your local repository will be
pushed to: git remote add origin <REMOTE_URL> - sets the new remote
7) git remote -v -Verifies the new remote URL
8) Push Changes in local Repository to GitHub: git push -u origin main -
Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository
you specified as the origin
Example 5: how to set up git for github
$ git config --global user.name "Your name here"
$ git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
Example 6: Adding an existing project to GitHub using the command line
1- # Create a new repository on GitHub. 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 GitHub.
2- # Open Terminal.
3- # Change the current working directory to your local project.
4- # 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. To unstage a file, use 'git reset HEAD YOUR-FILE'.
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. To remove this commit and modify the file, use 'git reset --soft HEAD~1' and commit and add the file again.
7- # At the top of your GitHub repository's Quick Setup page, click 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 <remote repository URL>
# Sets the new remote
$ git remote -v
# Verifies the new remote URL
9- # Push the changes in your local repository to GitHub.
$ git branch -M main
$ git push -u origin main
# Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository you specified as the origin