Difference between revisions of "Git FAQs"

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#* <code>git status</code>
 
#* <code>git status</code>
 
# Remove any undesired files (if necessary):
 
# Remove any undesired files (if necessary):
#* <code>git reset HEAD ''filename1 filename2''
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#* <code>git reset HEAD ''filename1 filename2''</code>
 
# Commit the files:
 
# Commit the files:
 
#* <code>git commit -m ''Initialize the repository with all the files''</code>
 
#* <code>git commit -m ''Initialize the repository with all the files''</code>

Revision as of 18:00, 14 July 2011

Its easy to turn an already existing directory into its own repository.

  1. cd into your directory.
  2. Tell git to create a repository:
    • git init
  3. Add all your files to the repository:
    • git add .
  4. Check that you didn't add any undesired files:
    • git status
  5. Remove any undesired files (if necessary):
    • git reset HEAD filename1 filename2
  6. Commit the files:
    • git commit -m Initialize the repository with all the files


Follow this link if you want to create a remote bare Git repository for this repository to push to/pull from