How to add GIT to an existing project on server?

Question

I have project on localhost and on server. There is a working version on the server and I would not like to stop working my site.

On localhost I did:

git init
git remote add origin github.....
git add .
git commit -m "first commit"
git push origin master

How to safely add GIT to the server? I have SSH.

I know I can do git clone in a separate folder etc, but I would like to do it on a working application. It is possible?

You are looking to deploy a newer version of your project without stopping the existing app? — dfundako, May 22 '18 at 15:36
First, I would just like to connect GIT with the same version of the code as locally. Only then I want to send changes. — tanwe, May 22 '18 at 15:38
Possible duplicate of [How do I clone into a non-empty directory?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2411031/how-do-i-clone-into-a-non-empty-directory) — phd, May 22 '18 at 16:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '18 at 16:03

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Assuming the ssh properly has been setup properly in your server. You could just put your public key into the .ssh/authorized_keys.

As for doing git clone on running application. You also could do that. Though I would prefer to set my code repository on different server with the server that is being used to host the application.

For reference. Please read git's documentation

answered May 22 '18 at 16:03

kucing_terbang

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But git clone is used in an empty folder. – tanwe May 22 '18 at 16:07
You have done git init on the folder right? If you have done it. Then it should work – kucing_terbang May 23 '18 at 00:11

How to add GIT to an existing project on server?

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