Create a Git repo in an existing project A folder does not need to be empty to issue the git init command and create a new repository. If a folder already contains files, here’s what you do: Simply ...

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a private GitHub repository, then demonstrate how to securely clone and pull your code locally without the need to deal with fatal errors.

Now that you have your repository cloned to your local machine, add (or create) all the code you need for the repository into the new directory and issue the command: git add .