Track existing folder from remote git repo

Question

Somehow the .git folder got deleted from my project folder. My project folder may contain changes which I don't know of. Maybe it can be older than the remote version on GitHub.

Is there a way I can start tracking everything again so that I can run git status to see the changes?

Answer 1

You can create the .git folder in your project folder by :

$ git init

Then you can add and commit all the files you wish :

$ git add .
$ git commit -m 'some comment'

Then you add the remote repository (the exact command depends on your project name in GitHub and your credentials to access it) :

$ git remote add origin git@gitserver:/opt/git/project.git

Now you can do git fetch to get all the branches from the remote version, and decide what to do with them.