Let's Collaborate (cont.)

Initial push to empty remote repo

There are a couple different ways to accomplish your first push.

Option 1 (clone first, then push):

git clone [project URI]
cd [cloned project directory]
touch README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "add README"
git push -u origin master

Option 2 (local git pushed to empty remote):

cd existing_folder
git init
git remote add origin [project URI]
git add .
git commit
git push -u origin master

Option 3 (use Web UI to create README.md)

• Navigate to project inside Gitlab

• Use web UI to create new README.md text file

  • Look for "adding README" link under the empty project notice).

  • Add content and commit via web interface

• Perform clone onto local work area.