How to upload a local directory as a GitHub repository [duplicate]

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 help.github.com/articles/… — ilkerkaran
– ilkerkaran, Commented Aug 27, 2018 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
– Hamza Anis, Commented Aug 27, 2018 at 14:12
Voting to re-open. The linked duplicate is not an exact duplicate and doesn't answer the question at all. The "How do you create a new project/repository?" sounds promising, but it is only about creating a local repository. There is nothing about how to push it to Github. — Stephen Ostermiller
– Stephen Ostermiller ♦, Commented Dec 20, 2023 at 10:18

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-05 19:13:53Z

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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

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answered Aug 27, 2018 at 13:54

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-05 19:15:06Z

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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).

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answered Aug 27, 2018 at 14:13

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