Import local folder in bitbucket

Question

I'm currently working on a project with some classmates and I want to share code with them, they are not changing the code, they just need it to see how far I've gotten with my work.

I tried creating a repository on github for that, but they aren't private unless you pay, which I don't want to. I also tried bitbucket, where I can't import local files, only a already existing github repository.

How can I add local files in Bitbucket OR where can I create private repositorys.

I don't know much about programming yet and the whole version-control and git topics are new to me.

Solution

To import the local folder to bitbucket repo, you can follow below steps.

Prerequisitions:

1. Install Git in your local machine

2. Check if the local folder already in a git repo

   In the directory of the folder you want to import to bitbucket repo, execute:

   git rev-parse --show-toplevel
   

   If it shows not a git reposiroty that means the local folder has not been managed in git repo. Else, if it shows a parent directory, that means the local folder has been managed in git repo

Steps to import:

1. Create a local git repo if the local folder not in a local git repo

   As the prerequisition 2 shows, if the local folder has not been managed in a local git repo, then create by below commands (assume the folder myfolder is what you want to import, and it’s in C:\test\example\myfolder):

   # in the directory C:\test\example
   git init
   git add .
   git commit -am 'initial commit'
   

   Else, if the folder has already managed in a git repo, skip this step.

2. Add bitbucket repo as remote for the local git repo

   Use the command git remote add origin bitbucket repo URL> to add the new created bitbucket repo as a remote origin for the local git repo. Such as:

   git remote add origin https://[email protected]/account/reponame.git
   

3. Push changes to bitbucket repo

   Use the command to push local commit(s) to bitbucket repo:

   git push -u origin master
   

Now the local folder myfolder is pushed to the bitbucket repo successful.

Comments

[Féileacán]

@JonathonReinhart That's on github? Because I can't make a private repo on github, only on bitbucket but I can't import a local folder on bitbucket, only a git repo. which wouldn't be private then ...

[Marina Liu]

@Seraphina Does the files in local folder already in a local git repo or not?

[Féileacán]

@MarinaLiu-MSFT I don't think so. As I said I don't know anything about git yet. I tried reading some tutorials, as mentioned in the answers but I don't understand it.

[Marina Liu]

@Seraphina I added an answer with the way to check if the local folder in a git repo or not, and the detail steps to push the folder to bitbucket. You can have a try.

[Marina Liu]

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