GitHub Import Projects

This section will go through the process of importing project by web UI or command line.

Project import

First, create an empty repository. Then, you can either import project from the web UI or push your existing repository from the command line.

1. Create empty repository

2-1. Import project from the other SCM:

2-2. Push an existing repository from the command line

1.Check your current remote URL by: git remote -v

ex:

git remote -v
origin  https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (push)

2.Set URL by: git remote set-url <url>

ex:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/USERNAME/OTHERREPOSITORY.git

3.Now, check your remote URL again:

ex:

git remote -v
origin  https://github.com/USERNAME/OTHERREPOSITORY.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/USERNAME/OTHERREPOSITORY.git (push)

Note : You can also use SSH URL to replace the HTTP/HTTPS URL.

ex:

git remote set-url origin git@github.com:USERNAME/OTHERREPOSITORY.git

4.All done! Try git push or git fetch to contribute to the new remote repository.