Derell, It's not too hard, but like you say, it's easy to end up in the wrong place.
Key points: 1.You do need to create the empty repo on Github so that you can get a URL. 2. The default github creation doesn't produce that empty repo 3. you need to explicitly make sure that it's empty. See https://help.github.com/articles/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line/ The step 1. of the link says " To avoid errors, do not initialize the new repository with README, license, or gitignore files" which is what you need! Hope that helps Philip ----- Original Message ----- From: Derell Licht To: Git for human beings Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2016 3:53 PM Subject: [git-users] problem creating new repository on Github I have an existing public account on Github, with several repositories on it. All operations work on these repositories except one: I had to create each initial repository from the Github website. So now I'm adding another repository, but I *really* want to learn the correct way to create it entirely from my local site. The repository is called LedScroll; I've already created the local repository, with 30 files added and committed. C:\SourceCode\win32\LedScroll Yes, Master?? > git status On branch master nothing to commit, working directory clean The I attempted to create the remote repository, and push my repository to it: C:\SourceCode\win32\LedScroll Yes, Master?? > git remote add origin https://github.com/DerellLicht/LedScroll.git C:\SourceCode\win32\LedScroll Yes, Master?? > git remote -v origin https://github.com/DerellLicht/LedScroll.git (fetch) origin https://github.com/DerellLicht/LedScroll.git (push) C:\SourceCode\win32\LedScroll Yes, Master?? > git push -u origin master remote: Repository not found. fatal: repository 'https://github.com/DerellLicht/LedScroll.git/' not found And indeed, my Github site does not show LedScroll as existing. So what am I doing wrong??? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
