How do I migrate a local git repository to github?

Question

I have a git repository (with a github remote).

Then, I deleted the repository in github.

I want to recreate the git repository in github with full history (ie branching, commit and merging history).

How do I achieve it?

I had tried creating a new repository via web UI, cloning it, copying files one by one but it is too timeconsuming.

Answer 1

1. create a new github repository via the webinterface, eg https://github.com/bfg/frobnozzel.git

2. create a local bare clone of your (local) repository (in this example closing into /tmp/new-frobnozzel.git :

    git clone --bare /path/to/local/repository /tmp/new-frobnozzel.git 

3. in the newly created bare-close, change the remote to the new github repository:

    cd /tmp/new-frobnozzel.git git remote set-url origin git@github.com:bfg/frobnozzel.git 

4. push your entire repository to the new remote:

    cd /tmp/new-frobnozzel.git git push --mirror origin 

Btw, there's also some Github documentation that covers this .

Answer 2

The answer is simple: create a new repository on github (with the same name) and push the local repo to the remote(which should be correct)

Make sure that you push anything.