new-repo-from-existing-folder.md

Create a new repository from an existing folder

1. Init the local git:

cd existing_folder/
git init

2. Default branch is master! We need to change it!

git branch -m main

4. Create a remote repo:

gh repo create project-name -d "Description for project-name" --public

3. Update the changes when created the new repo:

git checkout main
git pull

4. Edit files, add, commit and upload to github:

git add .
git commit -m "Commit description"
git push