How to upload a local directory as a GitHub repository

Question

I am new to Git, I have a project that I did locally, and I want it on GitHub in a repository.

How can I achieve this, because GitHub only has 'Upload Files', not an upload folder kind of option?

I would suggest the git and GitHub documentation. And you can check https://help.github.com/articles/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line/ — ilkerkaran, Aug 27 '18 at 14:09
When you create a new repo on the `Github` they also tell you all of the commands to upload the repo. — Hamza Anis, Aug 27 '18 at 14:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 05 '19 at 19:13

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Download Git from here.

Make a repository at GitHub. It will give you a list of commands you can run to upload the project into the GitHub repository:

cd "Your project directory"
git init
git add .
git commit -m "First commit"
git remote add origin "your GitHub URL"
git push -u origin master

edited Oct 05 '19 at 19:13

Peter Mortensen

answered Aug 27 '18 at 13:54

Sebastian Berge

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 05 '19 at 19:15

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You can click on "upload files" and then drag & drop the folder. All the files in the folder should be added (it works me on Google Chrome).

But is not the recommended way. The best way is to create a local Git repository, and then push it to GitHub (see Sebastian Berge's answer).

edited Oct 05 '19 at 19:15

Peter Mortensen

answered Aug 27 '18 at 14:13

Shayki Abramczyk

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