Cloning a repository from GitHub using the command line(GIT-BASH)

When you create a repository on GitHub, it exists as a remote repository. You can clone your repository to create a local copy on your computer and sync between the two locations.

This procedure assumes you have already created a repository on GitHub, or have an existing repository owned by someone else you'd like to contribute to.

To clone the repository using HTTPS, under "Clone with HTTPS", click . To clone the repository using an SSH key, including a certificate issued by your organization's SSH certificate authority, click Use SSH, then click .

Open Git Bash.

Change the current working directory to the location where you want the cloned directory to be made.

Type git clone, and then paste the URL

$ git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPOSITORY

Press Enter. Your local clone will be created.

Adding an existing project to GitHub using the command line(GIT-BASH)

Putting your existing work on GitHub can let you share and collaborate in lots of great ways.

For adding your existing project to GitHub you need GIT BASH for downloading GIT BASH click here. Once download got completed, install it.


Create a new repository on GitHub. To avoid errors, do not initialize the new repository with README, license, or gitignore files. You can add these files after your project has been pushed to GitHub.

Open Git Bash(open the folder where existing project is present --> right click and select Git Bash Here as shown in below image)

After clicking on Git Bash below screen will open:

Enter below command in Command prompt screen

$ ls --Use to see list of file in a folder.

Initialize the local directory as a Git repository.

$ git init --Initialize the local directory as a Git repository.

At the top of your GitHub repository's Quick Setup page, click to copy the remote repository URL.

In the Command prompt, add the URL for the remote repository where your local repository will be pushed.

$ git remote add origin <remote repository URL> --Sets the new remote

$ git remote -v --Verifies the new remote URL

Add the files in your new local repository. This stages them for the first commit.

$ git add . --Adds the files in the local repository and stages them for commit.

Commit the files that you've staged in your local repository.

$ git commit -m "First commit" --Commits the tracked changes and prepares them to be pushed to a remote repository.

Push the changes in your local repository to GitHub.

$ git push origin master --Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository you specified as the origin