How to Add an Existing Project folder on Your Computer to a New Git Repository in BitBucket

Pre requisite: A new repository/project should be created on BitBucket

1. Using Git bash, navigate to the folder on your machine where the files are located


2. Initialize 

$ git init

3. Now add the files

$ git add * -f

4. Commit the files with a message

$ git commit -m "Initial commit"




5. Add the remote location

$ git remote add origin https://mad...@bitbucket.org/[new repo].git




6. Before pushing the files to remote, make sure your local is in sync with remote by pull




$ git pull -u origin master







7. Now push the files to to remote

$ git push -u origin master










Hope this helps :)

Exceptional scenarios

Then use the following command


$ git remote set-url origin https://mas.....e@bitbucket.org/m...e/....-dataloader.git