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Raz
Raz

Reputation: 1994

How to connect a new project to GitHub repository?

I have just created a new project and added some files there. Then I have created a new GitHub repository (public).

Now I want to push my local Git project to the remote GitHub.

So I do that:

git init
git add .
git commit -m "First commit"

Then:

git remote add https://github.com/user/project.git
git remote -v
# origin    https://github.com/user/project (fetch)
# origin    https://github.com/user/project (push)

Then I am trying to push my new project items:

git push
# fatal: The current branch master has no upstream branch.
# To push the current branch and set the remote as upstream, use
# git push --set-upstream origin master

So I am doing as said:

git push --set-upstream origin master
And get back:
# To https://github.com/user/project
# ! [rejected]        master -> master (non-fast-forward)
# error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/user/project'
# hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is # behind
# hint: its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g.
# hint: 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
# hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.

So I keep following their instructions:

git pull
And I get:
There is no tracking information for the current branch.
Please specify which branch you want to merge with.
See git-pull(1) for details.

    git pull <remote> <branch>

If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:

    git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> master

And continue doing what they write:

git pull origin master
And get back:
From https://github.com/user/project
 * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD
fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories

I have managed this to be working only by using 

git clone https://github.com/user/project

But I do not think that this is the right way of working, is it?

Hope for some tips. Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 466

Answers (2)

St&#233;phane Laurent
St&#233;phane Laurent

Reputation: 84529

Personally I simply proceed as follows. I don't run git on my computer to create a project:

  • create the repo on Github

  • clone it

  • move the obtained .git folder (and optionally the README file and the .gitignore file) to the working folder

Then you're ready for add, commit, push.

Upvotes: 1

kthatoto
kthatoto

Reputation: 79

You should run this command,
git remote add origin https://github.com/user/project.git
not
git remote add https://github.com/user/project.git

Upvotes: 1

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