Page History: Placing Local Code Under Git Source Control

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Manually¶

1. Create repo on GitHub
2. File Explorer: Navigate to source code root folder
3. Rename folder
4. Create new folder with old name
5. Open a Command Window
6. Navigate to NEW source code root folder, then up one level
7. Command: git clone repo-url
8. Move files from original folder into new folder
9. Add a .GITIGNORE file - GitIgnore Files
10. git add .
11. git commit -m "Initial commit"
12. git push
    

With Visual Studio 2019¶

1. Open project/solution in Visual Studio 2019
2. File > Add to Source Control
3. Team Explorer > Sync > Push > Publish To GitHub
4. Be sure to select the owner user/organization!
5. Be sure to select "Private Repository" checkbox as appropriate!
   

With Visual Studio 2017¶

1. Open project in VS 2017
2. Open solution/project folder in File Explorer
3. Close project in VS 2017
4. Rename folder
5. Create new folder with original name
6. Create repo in new empty folder: VS > Team Explorer > Connect page > Local Git Repositories > New
7. (No need to update .GITIGNORE file - VS creates it correctly)
8. Move code from renamed folder into new folder
9. Delete old (now empty) folder
10. Open repo: VS > Team Explorer > Connect page > Local Git Repositories > (double click new repo)
11. Commit changes to repo
12. Create remote repo on GitHub
13. Push to remote repo: VS > Team Explorer > Sync page > Publish > specify GitHub repo URL
    

With SourceTree¶

1. Add a .GITIGNORE file. (See this page - GitIgnore Files)
2. Create a new Git Repository in the local folder
3. Commit code to the local repository
4. Create a new repository on GitHub
5. Source Tree > Repository > Repository Settings > Add a new remote path (Remote name = "GitHub")
6. Push local repository to GitHub