How to add eclipse project to existing git repo?

Question

I already have an existing project in Eclipse that I want to add to my team\'s github repo. The github repo is empty right now. What\'s the best way to add this project to o

Answer 1

You have to add a remote to the project, and then push to it.

For example, you can do (from inside the project directory)

git init # if you haven't already
git remote add origin ssh://git@github.com:.....
git push -u origin master

there should be a way to do that from the eclipse plugin too, but I find it easiear to do it from the command line.. :)

By the way, remember to add all the IDE-specific files to .gitignore, to avoid pushing garbage to the world: they usually are .project, .classpath and directories like bin/*,.settings/* ...