How to upload folders on GitHub

Question

How can I upload folders to GitHub? I have all of my code in a folder, containing 98 files, on my desktop. I know how to upload files, but it there a way to upload the entire

Answer 1

This is Web GUI of a GitHub repository:

Drag and drop your folder to the above area. When you upload too much folder/files, GitHub will notice you:

Yowza, that’s a lot of files. Try again with fewer than 100 files.

and add commit message

And press button Commit changes is the last step.

Answer 2

I've just gone through that process again. Always end up cloning the repo locally, upload the folder I want to have in that repo to that cloned location, commit the changes and then push it.

Note that if you're dealing with large files, you'll need to consider using something like Git LFS.

Answer 3

You can also use the command line, Change directory where your folder is located then type the following :

     git init
     git add <folder1> <folder2> <etc.>
     git commit -m "Your message about the commit"
     git remote add origin https://github.com/yourUsername/yourRepository.git
     git push -u origin master
     git push origin master