did the 3 dots and remote add and picked the correct empty repo, but the commit button is greyed out and when i go to the repo on github there's no code inside

What three dots?

What editor are you using

Or are you using pure git cli

using VS Code is my editor, the 3 dots is a settings tab in the source control tab in VS Code

Screenshot

clicked add remote, hit enter, it popped a list of repos, i picked the one

Screenshot the bottom left of the screen

?

did that get whatever ya needed

So it’s already connected to the github repo

Make some dummy change

in the code?

okay

Then git commit -a -m "test"

Yes

Yes

Now take the screenshot of the source control column

In vscode

shall i hit it?

Yes looking good

Hit it

Does it show up as success or failure?

If no dialogs show up then it is a success

Oh ok

Go to terminal do

git remote -v

Oh no looks messy

Do this

First, go to the repo, delete it and make a new one

We start afresh

i kinda sorta understand how it got that way i just wish it hadnt lool. gonna do those steps now

When creating the repo, do not add any files

Use a completely blank repo

Uncheck any boxes that add readme or license

oh shit that might be it lets see

No that isn’t it, it’s just if you added those files in later on there may be git conflicts and I don’t want to explain that relatively advanced concept now

okay new repo made

sorry had another sentence but deleted it

Np now what does the repo page look like

Good, nice

Now in local

Delete the .git folder

local meaning?

Your computer

Use file explorer

Go to the local folder

oh like the source ofGit

Find the .git folder

Likely it is hidden, unhide it

Then delete it

?

or will it literally be .git

Literally .git

No not this one

The working directory where you want to upload code to github

how do i find it if it's hidden?

Take a screenshot

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/view-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-97fbc472-c603-9d90-91d0-1166d1d9f4b5#:~:text=Show%20%3E%20Hidden%20items.-,Open%20File%20Explorer%20from%20the%20taskbar.,folders%2C%20and%20drives%20and%20OK.

No not this…

If you want to upload d:\a\b\c to github

im sorry

Then use file explorer to go to d:\a\b\c

The folder you used vscode to open

oh

so delete .git

Are you there yet

ye

Take screenshot

So you want to upload this bobingus folder content right

yes

Yes then remove that .git

Then go to vscode and refresh it

i need admin rights?

Then take screenshot of vscode source control tab

its my fucking computer

This is a windows issue I cannot comment

rip me

we were so close

Go ahead and try to delete it, then take the screenshot. I’ll go for a few minutes (maybe)

Google how to get admin right or whatever, I don’t use windows idk

okay i will

okay yeah i guess im stuck here for a bit

bump

Are there multiple users?

theres 2 on the machine but when i go into the security settings it says my account has permissions for it

Update: I was able to delete the folder

only took five days 😭

now i assume you have a blank github repo

and a non-git project right?

im gonna log into github and confrim theres a blank repo

now take this screenshot and send here

yes, that repo should look like this

perfect thats what mine looks like

perfect

now go to the terminal in that project folder

vscode terminal should do that

and run git init

so now im golden?

just hit commit everytime i do an update?

hold on not so fast

okay i havent clicked anything after git init

yes, now type the commit message in that box

anything, "initial commit" for example

and hit commit

i think there will be a dialog box

dialog box or not, screenshot the result

nice, as i expected

click "Always" to never see this dialog again

epic

now what does the source control tab look like

now theres a publish branch button in src ctrl

nice

now go back to the repo on github

you should see a bunch of commands

check the "…or push an existing repository from the command line" section

you'll see something like git remote add origin https://github.com/joulev/blank.git

copy that command and paste in the terminal

alrighty done

what does the source control tab look like now

and what is the branch name at the bottom left

i think branch name should be main already right

branch is master, src ctrl still just has the publish branch button

ok then copy the next command in this section, should be git branch -M main

and paste and run it in the terminal

the branch name becomes main right?

yes

nice

now copy the next command in that section

should be git push -u origin main

run it

what does the terminal output look like

good, now go to the github repo, and refresh the page

do you see your code there

you should see the code there

yes

good

theres a red x tho

the set up is done

next make a dummy change in the code

that is a different issue, we will get to later

do this

add a hello world in readme.md or whatever

okay change made

now go to the source control tab, make a random commit message, then click commit

then screenshot the bottom left corner of vscode

should i hit sync changes too

screenshot

good, now click on that 0 v 1 ^

or the sync change button

both of them work the same way

ok nice, i see your commit on github now

so that's the git 101 course on how to set up a project and push to github

okay it did a load animation and then the numbers disappeared

correct, because now your local is synced to github

thank you

now i just gotta remember how to make the repo link to a domain lol

from a non-git local repo:
1. git init
2. make an initial commit in source control of vscode
3. create a blank github repo. completely blank, no readme nothing else
4. copy and run the commands from the section "…or push an existing repository from the command line"
5. set up done

to commit after setup, just commit in the source control, then hit the sync change

now the red X is because github couldn't deploy your app to github pages

uh oh

i don't use github pages so idk, can't help here

but you should probably just deploy to vercel instead

or netlify

or any services that deploy a vite project well

is vercel free and does it require learning new stuff

vercel is free and its UI is quite intuitive

i don't think it needs learning

log in with your github, then make a new project

then it will i think just work

sweet

basically remember these steps, until you understand what each of these steps means just consider that as the way to make a github repo

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