I made the mistake of creating a workspace before a repository on C9.io.
As a result I do not have version control. Naturally, I want to use Git for my project before make any more changes. Everything I have tried has failed. I would rather not have to copy all the code I've made into a new work space with an already set up repository. So if anyone has any suggestions or answers to this problem, via Command line, GUI or anything else that would be wonderful.
cloud9 doesn't do any special magic when cloning from a git repository, and you can add a remote the standard way you would do locally:
git init initialize a git repository in the current folder
git add -a add everything (or what you want)
git commit -m "initial commit" commit
git remote add origin git#github.com:<me>/<repo>.git add your repo
git push origin HEAD:master push HEAD to master branch in the remote you just added
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I was trying to push the folder on my computer to GitHub. So I created a GitHub repository, and use git bash command line. I didn't push the folder successfully on my first try. Then, I deleted the old GitHub repository and created a new one, and tried using the git bash command line to push code again. However, it shows nothing to commit.
Here is an image to better help understand
According to the image, I understand that you have made a commit but your commit was empty and you did not track any file with git beforehand. You typically want to track the files you want to commit. So in this case you could use git add before committing:
git add .
This should track all files in the current folder after which you could commit and push them:
git commit -m "Some message"
git push
When you create a new repository on git, it shows you how to properly upload data
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/youracc/your.git
git push -u origin main
I created my first GitHub repository using GitHub Desktop (Windows). It is a real mess with many revisions that are quite meaningless and some versions of files that I would rather were never uploaded. This was the result of a lot of experimenting to get the feel for how things would appear on GitHub. I want to get rid of all the history versions.
I am tempted to just copy my files on my drive to another folder then delete the repository folder from my drive. Also delete it from GitHub.
Then create a new repository with GitHub Desktop, perhaps with the same name or with a different name then rename it to the original. Could it be a simple as that or will GitHub still retain the files somewhere?
I haven't tried this because in my searching I keep finding all the complex steps to be performed to remove histories or remove files.
I sort of feel that what I am proposing is too simple.
Any opinions?
All of this got too confusing.
I just did what I said in the start of the thread.
It seems GitHub Desktop has some Username/Password problem and won't let me "Publish branch".
So I went to GitHub and created a new repository and uploaded all the files from my local folder.
It looks good to me.
There may be problems in the future. I guess I'll cross that bridge when (if) I come to it.
An alternative approach is to switch to command line and:
delete the .git folder in your repository
recreate it (git init .)
reset the origin remote: git remote add origin https://github.com//
Make a first commit with your current content:
git add .
git commit -m "first commit"
overwrite everything on the remote repo
git push --force -u origin master
The end result will be the same repo but with only one commit.
You can then switch back to GitHub Desktop.
From here.
First make sure you have Git for Windows installed, you are going to need to do git commands manually sooner or later.
Go to your local repository on your computer where your project is located. It's a good idea to show hidden files so you can see that you have the .git-folder and that the .gitignore-file is in place.
Go to the folder where the .git-folder is, right-click and click git bash here.
Now enter these commands:
Create Orphan Branch – Create a new orphan branch in git repository. The newly created branch will not show in ‘git branch’ command.
git checkout --orphan temp_branch
Add Files to Branch – Now add all files to newly created branch and commit them using following commands. Don't forget .gitignore!
git add .
git commit -m "the first commit"
Delete master Branch – Now you can delete the master branch from your git repository.
git branch -D master
Rename Current Branch – After deleting the master branch, let’s rename newly created branch name to master.
git branch -m master
Push Changes – You have completed the changes to your local git repository. Finally, push your changes to the remote (Github) repository forcefully.
git push -f origin master
Git overview
I have a project in Eclipse that is associated with an old repository in Gitlab. The branch being used is called Test.
I created a new repository in Gitlab (and it only has the README.md file in it). It only has one branch: master.
I need to change the Eclipse project so that it no longer refers to the old repository (and old branch) but instead - refers to the new repository (with he master branch).
How can this be done?
TIA
Update
#Rizwan - thanks for the info. I did the following:
cd to the directory with the code
#initialize the repository
git init
#add reference to the repository I needed
git remote add origin "git#myrepo.com:WORK/<my-repository>.git"
#got what was currently in the repository
git pull origin master
#added code (not in the repository)
git add -A
#commit the code
git commit -m "first commit with code"
#sent it up
git push origin master
There was another message I used as a base (but I cant find it now)
TIA
We can directly perform this operation in Eclipse itself.
Goto - CurrentProject(Right Click) -> Team -> Remote -> Configure push to upstream -> Change(URI)
This might help
Locate your project on your local computer. You can do this by running:
cd /path/to/repo
Then check and confirm a list of all of your existing remotes. To do this run this command:
git remote -v
Change the URL of the remote with the git remote set-url command:
git remote set-url origin gitlab#gitlab.mydomain:root/testproject.git
Check back with the step 2 whether your repo has changed
Refresh/Clean Build your Eclipse project
I need to export an Eclipse project to GitHub. I am using Eclipse-Mars with the eGit plugin. I have spent hours reading documentation, tutorials, and posts and see that there are basically two ways
Create an Eclipse project and a local Git repository. Commit to local repository. Create a repository on GitHub. Push the Eclipse project to the repository on GitHub. When I try this, I get the error "rejected non-fast-forward". I have no idea why. I did create a .gitignore on GitHub when I created the repository - is that causing a problem?
Create a repository on GitHub. In Eclipse, clone this repository and then add files. Commit to local repository, then push. This works, but I end up with a weird configuration on GitHub:
reponame/myprojname/src
when I would prefer the more normal
reponame/src
Which method is the correct way to proceed? Why do I get the push error in the first method, and why the strange folder layout in the second?
You first need to pull the github code into you local machine.
=> git remote add origin
=> git pull origin master
will automatically fetch and merge the github repo with your local copy. You may need to resolve some conflicts that could be generated due to 3-way merge.
After all this, you can use -
=> git push -u origin master
For the second Point,
If you want src/ directory directly under reponame/ on github, then you should execute git clone after creating the project in eclipse and git clone should be executed inside the myprojectname/ directory.
When you created the .gitignore file on GitHub, you created a commit in the repository that isn't in your local copy. You'll need to add the GitHub repo as a remote, pull the change, and then push your local changes:
git remote add origin <path to your repository>
git pull origin master
git push -u origin master
Hello I recently started using github. I was able to make my first commit and upload my Java projects whole source folder to my only Repo. Now I have made changes to my files and would like to recommit the same files but after two hours of tutorials I am still stuck.
This is the process I have been doing.
Windows 8
Gitbash
cd ~\javaProjectSourceFolder(lets call it java)
git init
initializes
git add -A
git status
nothing to commit, working directory clean
I realize I am a newb and that I am not able to "add" my files. Can somebody help me out?
Please make sure you are on the right branch. If not then do the following from the terminal on the repository path. You should do your changes to a local branch, that may be the clone of the master. And next time follow these steps.
git branch :This will list all your branch. You must see master branch over there.
git checkout master : This will make you to switch on the master branch.
git checkout -b local_branch : This will create a branch with local_branch name & then you can add all your code here.
git add -A : this will automatically add the files that are even newly created or modified or deleted.
git commit -m "my commit message : This way you can do a commit to all changes.
git pull origin HEAD : This will update the current branch with any changes (in case of shared repository) You can avoid this as you are the only one working on your only repo.
git push origin HEAD : This will push your changes to the remote branch, but it will not merge this to the master unless you either push it to master or try merging from web on git hub.
For more information on each & every command, please refer the treasure here