How to Add Git Repo to VS Code⚓︎

Summary⚓︎

This article will list the steps required to add an existing Git repo to VS Code.

Add Repo to VS Code⚓︎

• Create a new local folder (ex. ~/Downloads/GitHub)
• Initialize the folder for git usage with git init.
• Configure the git repo with your information:
• git config --global user.name "Dave"
• git config --global user.email "dave@davelevine.io"
• Add the remote repository to the local folder
• git remote add origin https://github.com/dlevine87/repo.git
• Confirm repo was added properly
• git remote -v
• git remote show origin
• Tell VS Code which branch to pull repo information from
• git pull --rebase origin master
• Tell VS Code which branch to push changes to
• git push -u origin master

Push Test Commit⚓︎

• In the terminal, create a test file and push it to the repo by typing the following:
• touch test.txt
• git add .
• git status
• git commit -m 'test'
• git push