How to make a local folder to be a git repository (already existed on remote)

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I have a git repository on remote server called test, with files hello.py and test.py.

And I have a local folder called workspace with file named goodbye.py. Can I make the local folder workspace to be the repository(test) directly?

I mean under workspace, there are hello.py and test.py and goodbye.py.

I want to ask this because if there are 3 members, they write code separately in their folders, and now we have to use git to control, so how to make the local folder to clone git repository directly?

Check this answer to see if it solves your problem: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1425892/how-do-you-merge-two-git-repositories — fijas, Apr 14 '15 at 13:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 14 '15 at 13:07

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You can clone the repository with git clone to an empty directory, and then add your local files manually.

answered Apr 14 '15 at 13:07

Vadim Landa

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Яois · Answer 2 · 2015-04-14T15:58:27.010

From your workspace folder, you can do the following:

git init
git add goodbye.py
git commit -m "Initial commit on my local machine"
git remote add origin <path-to-remote-git-repository>
git pull origin master

This last one will fetch the data from the remote location and merge the remote masterbranch (i.e. origin/master) with your local master branch. I recommend you to search in the documentation for any of these commands if you are not sure of what they do before trying anything.

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 14 '15 at 13:06

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You can use a tool like SmartGit, which gives you an interface to work with. Or you can do it with the terminal (which I recommand). Check out that quick tutorial! Getting an existing git repository

answered Apr 14 '15 at 13:06

Raphaël Parent

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How to make a local folder to be a git repository (already existed on remote)

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