When downloading(not cloning) a repository via github there is no .git folder. If you make changes to this repository and then realize that you want to merge it with a real repository, what is the right way to do it?
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Simon Moshenko
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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 Nov 05 '18 at 12:30
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The zip you are downloading from github has a comment which is a commit-id. Find a way to extract it. When you have the sha1, you know for sure which version you had when downloaded the zip. After it, you could just get a real git-repo and have it locally. E.g. try following steps:
- Clone the real repo from github.
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git checkout -b myZipChanges <commit-id>of the sha1 you extracted from the zip comment - move
.gitfolder into the repo snapshot you extracted from that zip. - Now you'll have right state in your working directory - do whatever you like as usual.
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