Creating a new git repo from the existing

Recently I needed to copy my existing project to a new git repository. After trying some solutions suggested on StackOverflow this one worked for me.

The steps are:

Create a new repository on github

Go to the terminal and navigate to the local directory with the existing project

Now in the terminal type: git push https://github.com/accountname/new-repo.git +old-repo-branch:master ("master" - is the master branch in the new repository. "old-repo-branch" - is the branch that you want to use. In my case it was a master branch, so my command was +master:master)

That's it! Now you can go ahead and clone it to your local folder.

Written on March 12, 2018