Can I upload a whole folder in gitlab repo via API? - gitlab

Gitlab API Commit
This I know but can't find an API to upload a whole folder containing various js, CSS and HTML files into gitlab repo.

Does this help? How do I add files and folders into GitHub repos?
git add <folder>/*
git commit -m "<Message>"
git push
I often use git add -A to add all modified files. But should use git status before and after adding to make sure you see which files have been added before committing.

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Uploading a directory full of files in GitLab

I can't find this topic in the documentation. I'm trying to upload a folder of files to GitLab - i.e. the file containing the entire webpage, (HTML files, assets, JS, etc.) In other words, I want to upload my entire repo to GitLab.
But, I only see the option to upload a single file at a time:
How can I upload a folder of files?
Folder upload is not supported as far as I know.
You could clone the project locally (blue button) creating a local repository and move/cope the folder to your local git-repository.
Then you just git add, git commit and git push everything.
Step by step:
Stage everything in git repo:
git add -A The parameter "-A" stands for "all", it will add every file and folder (apart for empty folders) that are in the repository to the commit.
git commit -m 'your message' will commit all your files/changes locally.
git push will upload your commits so that you can see them on your GitLab page.

Gitlab Runner to push files generated on the fly back to repo

I have a repository in GitLab, this repo has some files along with .gitlab-ci.yml file. On pushing/submitting changes and with the help of .gitlab-ci.yml file, code in this repository generates new files on the fly. Is there any way to push the files that got generated on the fly back to the repository upon the completion of the pipeline job?
Thanks in advance.
yes of course you can use git commands to add your files, commit and push them

how to sync data from local code to heroku git

I build some website using nodeJS that host on heroku. I am using the heroku CLI git. When i want to upload the files i am using the git add . after that git commit -am "some text" and git push heroku master.
The client is update his site and upload new images and content, and when i make some changes in the code and git it again all the work he is done is deleted from server (not from DB).
Add the images folder to the .gitignore file
How can i sync files and code with my local version before i push new version to the heroku server
when you do "git add ." you are telling git to overwrite all your files from git with code on you local.
if you have made changes in only specific files You should always add only those files when doing git add .
you can follow this steps.
git status -> this will show you list of files which are changes and umerged. get hold of file which you changed and want to add in git
Suppose its abc.html (copy full path of file shown in git status)
git add abc.html
git commit -m "some message"
(optional) git pull remote_branch current_branch (this will pull latest code of remote branch to your local). Sometimes you may get conflicts so go ahead open that file and resolve conflicts.
If you are alone working on branch you may not get any conflicts
git push current_branch remote_branch

"git add" returning "fatal: outside repository" error

I'm just entering into the wonderful world of git.
I have to submit a bunch of changes that I've made on my program, located in a directory called /var/www/myapp.
I created a new directory /home/mylogin/gitclone. From this directory, I did a git clone against the public repo and I was able to get the latest copy created.
I'm now trying to figure out how to take all the files in my working folder (/var/www/myapp) and "check them in" to the master repository.
From /home/mylogin/gitclone, I tried git add /var/www/myapp but I'm getting an error that the folder I tried to add is outside the repository.
Can you give me a few pointers on what I'm doing wrong? Also, I'd like to add everything, whether it's different from the master or not.
Thanks.
First in the clone folder you can create a Branch (so the master stay untouched)
git branch [branch_name]
After, just copy the files you want from your old folder to the clone folder.
When you are done, just add / commit your change and Merge your branch into the "master" branch. It will look like to something like this:
git add .
git commit -m "Comments"
git checkout master
git merge [new_branch]
Try this tutorial from GitHub.
You'll have to move all the files from /var/www/myapp to /home/mylogin/gitclone and then do a git add . and then git commit -m "Your message".
When upgraded to git version 2.12.2 that error appeared, I nooted the i add the file with a full path like:
git add c:\develop\project\file.text
when removed the full path it start working, like:
git add file.text
To add some files or folder to your repository, they have to be in the folder you created with git clone. So copy/paste your application in your local git folder and then go in it and do git add * and then you'll be able to commit to the server with git commit -m 'message' and finally push the changes to the server with git push
Okay, this error came up for me because I moved the project from one computer to another.
So the git was not able to figure my global git user.name and user.email
I opened the command prompt and specified my old git user.name and user.email from previous computer. Kindly run the following commands and it should be fixed.
cd pathToMyProjectDirectory
git config user.name "myName"
git config user.email "myEmail"
That's because you are versioning stuff inside /home/mylogin/gitclone and git tracks everything inside that folder. You cannot track other folders outside of this repository.
A solution might be create a submodule, or using a symbolic link using ln -s
Git only tracks files and folders within the root folder which includes the .git directory and the subfolders inside root folder. The folder you are trying to add is outside the scope of git.
What would you actually like to do is first git checkout -b myapp which will create and checkout a new branch based on the master branch of the repository you cloned. Then you would actually copy all your files over and commit them with git commit -a -m "Short descriptive name about what you did". The parameter -a you passed to git commit is for including all the changes done to the repository and -m is to include the commit message in the actual command. After that you can either push back to the main repository if you have write access to it or push it to your own public repo or don't push it at all.
What I've described above is pretty much the basics of git. Try reading this book which is pretty descriptive.
Maybe someone comes along having the same trouble like I had:
In my case this error was thrown while using husky (commit hooks) https://github.com/typicode/husky
It was just an error because of encodings. My source was located in a directory that contains a special character ("รถ")
Seems like husky uses "git add" with the absolute path of the source which fails somehow at this point
I renamed the path and it worked fine.
This message can also appear when the file name is listed in the .gitignore file.
My scenario is that the git repository's path has symbolic link and git throw out this error when add file say to "/home/abc/GIT_REPO/my_dir/my_file".
and "/home" is actually a softlink to "/devhome".
code ninja gave me some light when I tried to debug this case.
So I tried get the target directory by using the command readlink -f /home/abc/GIT_REPO before run add command.
And then everything works like a charm !
I encountered the issue at Windows box with maven-release-plugin.
The plugin tries to add files using absolute path and I have noticed that the path in the Git add command starts with uppercase D: while the path in Working directory: log line started with lowercase d:
I have added core.ignorecase = true to the Git settings and the issue was gone.

Git - Syncing a Github repo with a local one?

First off, forgive me if this is a duplicate question. I don't know anything but the basic terminology, and it's difficult to find an answer just using laymen's terms.
I made a project, and I made a repository on Github. I've been able to work with that and upload stuff to it for some time, on Windows. The Github Windows application is nice, but I wish there was a GUI for the Linux git.
I want to be able to download the source for this project, and be able to edit it on my Linux machine, and be able to do git commit -m 'durrhurr' and have it upload it to the master repository.
Forgive me if you've already done most of this:
The first step is to set up your ssh keys if you are trying to go through ssh, if you are going through https you can skip this step. Detailed instructions are provided at https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys
The next step is to make a local clone of the repository. Using the command line it will be git clone <url> The url you should be able to find on your github page.
After that you should be able to commit and push over the command line using git commit -am "commit message" and git push
You can use SmartGit for a GUI for git on Linux: http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/index.html
But learning git first on the command line is generally a good idea:
Below are some basic examples assuming you are only working from the master branch:
Example for starting a local repo based on what you have from github:
git clone https://github.com/sampson-chen/sack.git
To see the status of the repo, do:
git status
Example for syncing your local repo to more recent changes on github:
git pull
Example for adding new or modified files to a "stage" for commit
git add /path/file1 /path/file2
Think of the stage as the files that you explicitly tell git to keep track of for revision control. git will see the all the files in the repo (and changes to tracked files), but it will only do work on the files that you add to a stage to be committed.
Example for committing the files in your "stage"
git commit
Example for pushing your local repo (whatever you have committed to your local repo) to github
git push
What you need to do is clone your git repository. From terminal cd to the directory you want the project in and do
git clone https://github.com/[username]/[repository].git
Remember not to use sudo as you will mess up the remote permissions.
You then need to commit any changes locally, i.e your git commit -m and then you can do.
git push
This will update the remote repository.
Lastly if you need to update your local project cd to the required directory and then:
git pull
To start working on the project in linux, clone the repo to linux machine. Add the ssh public key to github. Add your username and email to git-config.
For GUI you can use gitg.
PS : Get used to git cli, It is worth to spend time on it.

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